Mardi Gras: Made in China (1 Viewer)

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Can someone recap the program for those who do not have access to direct tv or dish. I am involved with the largest and oldest Mardi Gras krewe in Lafayette. My father is in charge of purchasing the Mardi Gras beads and floats for our krewe for the past 20 years. He is passing the torch to me, so I have a vested interest in this program. This year was my first year handleing the buying for the beads.

People would be amazed on how much money it takes to run a krewe, and purchase beads each year. The amount of money that we spend for over 250 float riders to hurl trinkets to the crowd is mind blowing.
 
QSTA said:
Can someone recap the program for those who do not have access to direct tv or dish. I am involved with the largest and oldest Mardi Gras krewe in Lafayette. My father is in charge of purchasing the Mardi Gras beads and floats for our krewe for the past 20 years. He is passing the torch to me, so I have a vested interest in this program. This year was my first year handleing the buying for the beads.

People would be amazed on how much money it takes to run a krewe, and purchase beads each year. The amount of money that we spend for over 250 float riders to hurl trinkets to the crowd is mind blowing.
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The workers featured in the documentary made something like 12 strings of beads for a penny. The work conditions were potentially hazardous/unhealthy (people melting plastic, drilling plastic w/out masks/ventilation, etc.). I want to say that these workers made something like 60 bucks a month? It's shocking how low their wages were. I Netflixed the DVD after 2884 (I think) linked to a trailer in some thread or other.
 
BigSlick said:
The workers featured in the documentary made something like 12 strings of beads for a penny. The work conditions were potentially hazardous/unhealthy (people melting plastic, drilling plastic w/out masks/ventilation, etc.). I want to say that these workers made something like 60 bucks a month? It's shocking how low their wages were. I Netflixed the DVD after 2884 (I think) linked to a trailer in some thread or other.
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That was probably me that you are thinking of that linked the trailer.

Anyway, I've been looking around for a "summary" that is half-way decent...try this one:

http://documentaryfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/review_of_mardi_gras_made_in_china
 
feo! Sorry for the mistake, my man. This documentary assuredly made me wonder how many of the reasonably priced goods from China were manufactured under similar circumstances to the factory ecosystem chronicled in the film.
 
My wife liked it. Her best friend from HS is a fashion desginer and spent a lot of time in China and said the way it was at that factory was pretty much the way it is all over. I think really, without outright saying so, it shows a pretty drastic comparison of our lifestyle and way of living vs those in countries like China. I can't really call it a good documentary, because unless you are one of the girls making beads, nothing was that shocking or revealing. Then again, maybe many Americans don't realize exactly "how good we've got it" nor the price of all our little luxuries or exactly how much of the world supports our excessive lifestyles. Corporations and Government have done a good job of keeping us ignorant to the exploitation of labor and resources of both less fortuanate peoples and less established countries. We have maybe 8% of the world's population and use (excessively) 33% of the world's resources so that we can all have our own homes complete with everything Martha Stewart says we need including a new couch tv home vehicle ____ every 5 years.
 

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