An analytical report on the movie “The Hudsucker Proxy”
a. What is/are the main theme(s) of the film? What is questioned in the film?
The protagonist of the Hudsucker Proxy is Norville Barnes. In the context of a stock crime, he is a new graduate of Business Administration Department of Muncie College who is assigned as an industrial corporation head. Norville Barnes’s interesting story is processed in the movie. Norville is an aspirational college grad of the Muncie College of Business Administration. He came to New York to seek the luck in 1958. Norville finds a job opportunity at the Hudsucker Industries’ mailroom. Sidney J. Mussburger who can be defined as institutive machiavellist, promotes Norville Barnes immediately after realising him. Because, Sidney already seeks a puppet who is going to be a victim of a stock scam like byzantine machinations. Without knowing the aim of Sidney J. Mussburger, Norville is promoted as the head of company of Hudsucker Industries also as a proxy. Therefore, he is commemorated not only as an idiot but also as a master tactician. All managers determine to generate Norville’s creation in the expectation that it is going to dissolve and drag down the shares of the entertainment. The creation is transformed to a hula hoop. At first, it neglects, after this, it becomes an incredible achievement. Next, Amy Archer gets attention of Norville. Although this thorny journalist begins demanding to spike him, Amy earns Norville’s trust. Furthermore, she helps Norville to success his fights to save his truth, once his phenomenal achievement endangers to suborn him.
b. What are the messages given by the film?
The film processes an example of fast change life with the scene that Norville Barnes is seen as waiting at out the front of his workplace hole at the highest of the tall building, because of willing to leap. Norville comes to New York City to find a job as a new graduate of Business Administration Department of Muncie College. Owing to not having experience, he has difficulties to get a job. Initially, he start to work as a mailroom clerk, one mount later, he find himself as the peak point of the Hudsucker Industries.
Furthermore, the film try to show how second opportunities are significant in the life. In addition to this how people ought to avoid their shortcomings is illustrated in the Hudsucker Proxy. Moreover, the movie tries to show truly that solely wonders could preserve people finally, in a nepotistic and a degenerate community is directed by Aristocratic Capitalists.
According to the movie, to be successful in Aristocratic Capitalism, all appointments should be done according to the merit. Otherwise, sooner or later, any stuff is promoted without the merit is going to be loose his/her position. Namely, the Meritocracy is offered by the film for best practise solution to keep in step with Aristocratic Capitalism. However, it should not be forgotten that everyone deserves the second opportunity like Norville Barnes, is also emphasized by the movie.
c. Discuss which OT issues can be found in the film?
The movie extols Capitalism, Liberalism and Meritocracy. Modern Capitalism has done lots of thing to increase urbaneness to the next stage of advancement in terms of both financial advancement and community advancement. Likewise, after promotion, Norville gets advantages in both financially and socially. The story of Norville’s immediate rising and decreasing in the Hudsucker Industries, has examples of Capitalism, Liberalism and Meritocracy.
Thanks to dishonest actions of the executive board, Norville Barnes has been put to the peak of the Hudsucker Industries. This is a bad example of Meritocracy. Therefore, as a journalist, Amy Archer interest in the story of Norville Barnes in the Hudsucker Industries. Because of not being merit, Norville Barnes acidly is decreased to initial point from the peak of the company by Sidney J. Mussburger. Because, he does not come to the peak position with the merit, he is leaved the position without the merit.
In addition, Capitalism includes the production frenzy. In the movie of the Hudsucker Proxy, there is a big number of the production of the hula hoops.
d. Discuss the whole content and assumptions of the film in terms of “organizational issues”?
It is greatest understandable of first quick look that capitalism has introduced to material gains during the past few eras with the amazing enhancement. The supremacy of purchase power parity has risen with incremental acceleration in the world. Capitalism’s skill to persuade advancement all over the globe has also introduced billions out of the lips of extreme poverty from the most recent era. According to capitalism, individuals begin to think that provided that they effort too much with other individuals collaboratively, they could have a considerable effect on the needed standards of life. Cooperation is accepted to be one of the main building stone of Capitalism. In the the Hudsucker Proxy movie, a good idea which is actually a circle but is called as the hula hoop later, is hit on by Norville Barnes. Entire company take action and try to embody the vision of Norville Barnes. As you see, collaboration is emphasized by the movie.
In addition, the plot of the film actually tells everyone in which way Capitalism encourages creativity and convinces others in the great innovations that others are not going to give a chance, encouraging competition to try them and consumer flexibility to embrace them.
Furthermore, Meritocracy and hard-working are offered by Capitalism. There are many example of Meritocracy in the movie. Two of them are planned to mention. As a first example, a statement is highlighted by the dialogs in the movie. It is that if you search, you will find and if you work, you will be successful. In addition to this, Norville is said that maybe i am a little inexperienced, but i am extremely determined, i have complete work ethic and a firm belief in the future. Moreover, in the movie, it is processed that wanting too much enables achievement. However, the actual truth is that Norville Barnes has been put to the peak by the dishonest actions of the executive board. Namely, getting the merit enables getting the worth and after that getting the worth enables getting the incentive, is highlighted by the movie.
Not only politically but also financelly, in the globe, fortune and strength are still possessed by patriciates. Entire network safeguard and endorse them. There is a rising disequalibrium trouble about how few people collect the bulk of all resources, can appear all over the globe. Aristocratic capitalism can be defined as arrogant, unfair, undemocratic, concentrated on the material wealth of some small groups of aristocrats. It encourages psychological and sadistic institutions, produces a depressive culture and a pervasive trend of injustice, leading to vertically integrated and plutocratic societies. Meanwile, Norville Barnes imagined to turn out a successful tycoon and he turns out huge entertainment’s peak stuff. In stead of his own ability, he moved up the ranks on the hand of a nobleman. However, after this, he was forced to be failure when he struggled to hold that role and was nearly killed.
There are many circle patterns are constructed into the layout of the film and it makes that it seems more suitable. These spheres, all around, reflected in the story as well as in the framework of the film itself. With a large prologue, it begins with the final and the spheres back to the origins. The initial speech of Moses, the watch of the Hudsucker, the watch of Sidney J. Mussburger, not only Frisbee’s and but also the hula hoop’s creations, the discussion of Karma between Amy and Norville are examples of this circle patterns. Moreover, as other circle theme, it is emphasized that time means the money and the money turns this old global economy and enables our big world turn. In addition to these, the first time of Norville Barnes’s entering to the building of the Hudsucker Industries and the dead of Waring Hudsucker via leaping from the build of the Hudsucker Industries are happen at same time. This irony is also the example of the circle pattern. Furthermore, the job post of the Hudsucker Industries in the newspaper also has a shape of circle because of the mark of coffee leaking from the cup. This circle enables Norville Barnes to find the job.
Also, there is a vertical line irony such as the fastest methods up to the floor which has number of 45 and down from the floor which has number of 45.
Moreover, the importance of promotion as an incrediant of the Capitalism, is processed by the hula hoop in the movie. Initially, nearly there is not any sales. After promotion of the hula hoop by accident with tossing it out, sales increases exponentially.
Next, with the term of “the future is now”, the continuity of the production of the Capitalism is highlighted. Because, there is not any hesitate is going to be in the production process of the Capitalism.
Furtheremore, the job posting of the Hudsucker Industries in the newspaper has the sentence of “low pay long hours no experience necessary”. This low pay and long hours are contained by working situation of the Capitalism.
