Two specific kinds of power, hegemony and ideology were displayed constantly throughout the movie Roger and Me. Ideology is our basic assumptions about how things are, or how they should be. Hegemony is the hidden power of society and encompasses the power of rules, standard operating procedures, and routines. The only way for any of these kinds of power to work would be that someone is dependent on something someone else has which is in a tight grasp in their grubby little hand (breath).
             In the beginning of the film it seemed that everyone thought that they were living in the perfect world. They had found Utopia, right in the middle of Flint, Michigan(yeah sure). The common ideology was that the city revolved around the GM plant, everyone worked there and life was good. Since ideologies can exist without anyone being aware of them, the people of Flint had no idea that they all shared a "Candide" outlook on life. Ok, you are saying Candide??? I read that in college, like I remember a stupid play! For you who need a refresher..Candide was a boy looking for a perfect world and he never found it. That is about it.
             Another example of warped ideological ideas from the movie came from the interview with John Kay, the lobbyist for GM. He was stating the reasons for the plant closings, giving some statistical information, and defending Roger Smith's decision. The ideologies in Flint were pretty unanimous, Roger Smith is an uncaring bastard and he has no reason for closing the plant. He is reaping the profits and doesn't realize what he is doing to hurt the people of Flint. Bullshit...he may have been uncaring but companies don't normally close down factories for the sole purpose of adding more to human suffering. They usually do what they need to make a profit. These people were dependent on this plant for their life and that dependency gave Roger and GM the power. When anyone puts a high degree of importance on something and alternatives ...