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Heavy Haulers (2009)
Propaganda film aimed at Southern American working class families.
Aimed at promoting strict family values and child labour.
Child able to drive a tractor and operate heavy machinery at age 12 - encouraging father's to take their children out of school to become full-time workers -Father displayed as a hard working construction worker whose son helps him move enormous houses with the rest of his family
Propaganda film aimed at Southern American working class families.
Aimed at promoting strict family values and child labour.
Child able to drive a tractor and operate heavy machinery at age 12 - encouraging father's to take their children out of school to become full-time workers -Father displayed as a hard working construction worker whose son helps him move enormous houses with the rest of his family
- Jason Patterson is an example of the American Dream - content family man who has a wife and two kids and a family - lives in the town he grew up in - all family stays in line - works for a living and makes a lot of money through high risk transit operations. Moving beautifully made houses and outlining the various risks associated with transporting buildings - making intense drama out of every scene of them at work
- Uses dramatic film editing on what are simple tasks and underwhelming risks
- Slow motion clip of truck gliding on top of a letterbox, almost knocking it off it's pole.
- Makes the group seem like a group of action movie heroes and Anderson is their courageous leader who trains everyone to do their best work.
- Audiences always watch on the team and cheer when the job is done - everyone loves them
- Everyone respects Anderson like you should respect your loving president
- Know nothing of culture - the music used is all stock music
- Never mention where the show is set - could be anywhere in the world
- About a noble and determined house moving business and, the leader, Jeremy Paterson, of Scandinavian descent (Alpha Male, viking, Arian perfection, ultimate inspiration for the worker the film aims to manipulate.
- Documentary focuses on Patterson's leadership skills in co ordinating his family to haul heavy houses over muddy ground - much like how a dictator can control a population to carry out orders to create a functioning society.
- First episode features Patterson having a heart attack, a plot twist that is built up to by a scene at the start when he adds too much butter to his popcorn (set in Iowa so lots of corn).
- Shows that despite a health risk and the danger of heart failure, he continues working hard (scene where he takes his top off and reveals wire covered chest - use it as a gif)
- Struggle of Patterson in the narrative.
- Second episode features the crew moving a Church, and shows the reverend tell Patterson he is doing God's work - pushing Christian propaganda
- Manages to course the church smoothly thanks to help from God
- Pushes traditional family values - marriage, parenthood, religious dedication
- Be the best worker you should be, push your children hard to do the same, worship god and he and your loving president and people will all love you. Be Jason Patterson, work and prosper.
- Fast food restaurants - paid sponsorship?
- Wife and daughter but him presents and cool healthy food for him in the first episode
- Teaching women that they should serve and buy for your husband to make him feel important, loved and feel the need to keep working to provide for them and teach his children to do the same
- Offers business support
- Motivate your husband to keep providing
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- Nov 21, 2018
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