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Did you see “Working” narrated by Barack Obama, made by his production company? What did you think?

Hi, Did anyone here see it, and what did you think? If you didn't see it yet, or if you did, the miniseries structures work around four levels of work, or types of work: service jobs, so-called middle class jobs, dream jobs and “the boss” or “c-suite” executive jobs in large corporations. I thought it was interesting in some ways. One thing I wondered, for myself, was about how the middle-class jobs were portrayed. The documentary shows one young man who I think is supposed to be from the millennial generation who is passionate about electronic music, and who is shown to use his middle-class job at a tech company where he lives to finance his passion for music. He has trouble affording his own home. I wondered about the tone in the movie and the portrayal of the subjects. I thought it suggested that young people should be more…


Hi,
Did anyone here see it, and what did you think?

If you didn't see it yet, or if you did, the miniseries structures work around four levels of work, or types of work: service jobs, so-called middle class jobs, dream jobs and “the boss” or “c-suite” executive jobs in large corporations.

I thought it was interesting in some ways. One thing I wondered, for myself, was about how the middle-class jobs were portrayed. The documentary shows one young man who I think is supposed to be from the millennial generation who is passionate about electronic music, and who is shown to use his middle-class job at a tech company where he lives to finance his passion for music. He has trouble affording his own home. I wondered about the tone in the movie and the portrayal of the subjects. I thought it suggested that young people should be more open to accepting so called middle class jobs to fulfill their passions.

I also thought, despite some other more positive aspects of the film, that Barack as narrator, and the structure of the film has a bit of a paternal and patronizing tone, about how younger generations need to lower their expectations about work. This includes statements made by Barack as narrator in different episodes in the series.

I don't know, but was anyone else interested in this, or other things about the series? I saw that there are some other critical reviews online, like one that said the documentary is a bit suspiciously overly positive in the portrayal about “the bosses.”

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