Monday, February 27, 2012

Jerry and The New World Disorder


                Jerry Maguire is a wealthy and successful sports agent. His daily life and career is merely a routine full of small talk and making his employers happy.  In several ways, he functions as a machine in a assembly line. A small fraction in the company that is  all about producing and increasing revue for the capitalist.  production line. Jerry merely exist and does what he is told.
                Everything was appearing great in his career until he notices how selfish he had become. Jerry has a breakdown and write a statement to his company. In this letter Jerry stresses the importance of caring more for each individual client . The best way to achieve client happiness is to take on less clients and cater to their individual needs.  Jerry idea is opposed to the Fordism and Taylorism concept. These concept  consist of  an assembly line system that try to  produce maximum production. In this case the agents take on as many clients as possible to increase their profit.
                After the submission of the statement, all the employees applaud Jerry bold statement. However, the bosses see Jerry as a threat to their system and Jerry is let off. Jerry leave  with an accountant Dorothy Boyd to start his own company. However, when Jerry left he lost all his clients but one . Dorothy stays by his side and tries to support Jerry as long as she can. Dorothy and her son grew on Jerry and he fell in love with them. However, Jerry was having a difficult time building his client base and Dorothy had her son to consider. Dorothy considered taking a job in another state, but Jerry asked her to marry him. Their relationship became unsteady when Jerry realized that he married her because he felt he had to.
                In the end Jerry’s only client has an impact movement in his career and they cheer with relief. It is later that Jerry realizes he doesn’t have anyone to celebrate his success with. According to this film and several other Hollywood films is the idea that people can’t be happy until they are successful, wealthy, and in love. Only than could a person truly be happy. Or perhaps like the character Rod Tidwell referred to as Quan love. Which consist of loyalty, ,respect ,and money makes up happiness. All these combined can make a couple complete.

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