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- nordby7
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- video added September 25, 2007
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Honestly, one of my favorite pods of all time. The switch from the Chinese to the Americans reactions when they learned about each other was great. I''ll keep an eye on you. Awesome work!
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Its like everything else in America.....Not made here I work for wal-mart distribution and can say i never unload anything from our own country, its sad that we are all so cheap to not even care to support our own industry!
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- mikeyb_n_fl
- 1 year ago
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This really upsetting. If more people knew where the beads came from they would not wear them.
Thank you for sharing this vital information.
Jeanine Rogers
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WOW!!!
I''m so happy I didn''t change the channel in the first minute. What a great piece. The end gave me Goose Quivers. I''m going to watch it again now.
-Peace"Hail to the Dictator"
"Beead Company"
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WOW! That was intense. Are their hands all scabby from beads?
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I have been to china a couple times and a couple vanguard stories that I am working on discuss the status of women in china.
Even though i know the situation over there, and shot pods like "Trade Deficit Zero" and "China''s Blood Sellers" (coming out this week), this pod made it impossible to ignore the economic and social impact of US/China relations.
It illustrates our connection as people and makes young people in the US open their eyes to what is going on in the world around them. If a picture speaks a thousand words, this pod must speak a novel.
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that's incredible! I cross the 3rd street every day and on game days, i pass the street vendors selling beads (for $1 or 3 dollars), and every single time i think about people in china making these beads, working way too long, and probably not making much per day then these beads cost over here. useless pieces of plastic that sure, are helping 'stimulate a global economy' ...but at what cost to humanity?
And then this pod shows up. awesome.
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This pod is a mind melt.
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We're screening this pod at our event in New Orleans this Friday. I wonder what people will think of it...
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Bring a Flip!
:J)
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mind melt? i like that term. this pod rocks (by the way)
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The ONLY thing I dont like about the pod is:
Now that her boss will see the pod she will probably loose her job!
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- NOTOTHEWALL
- 1 year ago
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Great pod. Loved the look on the American girls face when she first saw the video. You know this stuff is happening, but seeing is believing.
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KEEP IT UP!
Nice coverage and getting that access to the bead factory. That owner is banking off those girls, who knows what else. What the heck is a 5% punishment? 5% of Nothing i guess?
I loved the party people''s reaction to the footage. Good issue.-
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- ManKindPhotography
- 1 year ago
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china is cool, they have a strong work ethic, their women are in factories instead of parading around naked revelling in ignorant decadence. "we have absolutely no interest in those beads" says it all.
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At the start, I thought the intention was to get Americans to appreciate the beads in a way we couldn''t without the knowledge, but at the end, I realize the author is judging the factory boss. We could sit here and cry about how he''s taking advantage of these women, but if it weren''t for him creating the shop to make these beads and Americans buying them, these women would have to find other ways to live...but there aren''t that many choices.
We should first take off our rose colored American tinted glasses and look at this for what it is. No, factory, no beads, no beads, no pay. So give them more money you say? Yeah. Make them more expensive. We know how Americans love to spend more money for everything. They''re not tortured or held agains their will. The working conditions are not idealistically American, but damn it, they can eat because we eat up beads. Let''s acknowledge them. We keep buying, they keep working. There are real injustices. This isnt one of them.
This piece moved me, whether or not I liked its message. Great job.
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I always love watching the show 'How It's Made'. They always film in American factories and even high-quantity products are made with very high quality (expensive, but valued by high-end buyers) and lots of human human input .... And then I picture how those same products are made for for the shelves of big-box retailers in China and what the process and conditions would look like.
Like they say, if want a DVD player for $19.99 .. someone, somewhere needs to be making a profit and it ain't here in the good'ol U.S. of A.
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What a great pod. What I'm left with is the image of the drunk American tourist, blankly staring into the camera.
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- J_LaMonica
- 1 year ago
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I just sen this and I can't belive what he said as to if they dont get what is suppose be be done.they will get punchish ,, can some please educated this man ... this really got me mad .. now lets not let this happen here .. and get paid what they paid over there in that counrty..
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- Mariamtels5
- 1 year ago
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WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THIS?
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- Mariamtels5
- 1 year ago
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Simply put... that is some fucked up shit.
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This pod hit deep. People know that many things are made in China and some even know the reality of the working conditions there, but I am sure few are enlightened by the humanistic qualities of the workers themselves and the way they perceive the etiquette of work. Seeing their oppressed demeanor and the way they have accepted the reality of their lives is depressing. I say this knowing that all things are relative, but I think I am justified in assuming that these people have seen happier and better days. All of this aside, the question becomes: What can I do? Not buying the beads may just put those people out of work. I really hate the situation they are in. They are trapped, their human rights are being poached at right in front of our faces and we can't do anything. GRR.
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One of the most eye opening things I have ever seen on Current. The juxtaposition of the folks in NO that saw the beads being made and the girls in the factory brings out a raw emotion/feeling of angst in me that is very powerful - thank you Current!
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What another great pod on Current TV. I just watched this clip a few minutes ago and I was blown away. It really made me think about how consumption driven the American economy and lifestyle are. My favorite part of the pod is the quote from the factory owner towards the end of the pod,
"You feel so great, Oh my god, people love my beads."
Don't we have better ways to make people feel wanted and special? Little plastic beads are just another THING people want that they really don't need.
