Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
I first saw a poster for this movie in a classroom and instantly wanted to see it. I had seen a trailer of sorts a while back and had forgotten about it. I would have to most definitely say this movie makes you hate Wal-Mart. I can definitely see some of the problems identified in the film in person at my local Wal-Mart, however, I don't remember the store back home being that way when I was a child. Maybe this is because things have changed since it's founder, Sam Walton, died a few years back. I'd like to think he didn't plan for his business to be this way.
What I really wonder about is what other Super Size Me with Morgan Spurlock when he shows how unhealthy McDonalds is for people to be eating. Even though the food is bad for you, I also know that every other fast food is not healthy for me either. This includes Burger King, Hardees, Rally's, Wendy's, Carl's Jr., Taco Bell, etc, etc, etc. I really wonder though if other mega stores are just like Wal-Mart.
The real question is what to do. If you boycott one local Wal-Mart that only hurts the people that work there. Even though they are being treated badly, according to the movie, I know that where I live it's one of the main employers in the area. What would all those people do if they lost their jobs? Changes have to be made at the corporate level. I'm not really sure how to get to those people.
1 Comments:
Oh I\'m glad to hear you say what you did...I\'m getting a little frustrated with completely one-sided attacks against \"the man\" or giant corporations. Like you said, \"what to do?\" This is the most frustrating question that is rarely ever answered by movies like this.
Having said that, was it the kind of completely one-sided attack-of-a-movie I\'m thinking about, or not? Did you like it? Was it a good documentary or...?
Glad to be back and reading blogger blogs! :)
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