Film: "Chicken Run"

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This paper is a comparison and synthesis of the movie "Chicken Run" with the article "Empowerment as a Trojan Horse" by Yates, Lewchuk and Stewart. The author points out that the film contains many elements of lean production, such as the prison atmosphere and confined space for the chickens. The paper states that, in real life workplaces, the workers also arecontrolled completely .

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"Although "Chicken Run" involves chickens attempting to survive automation, the film contains many point discussed by Yates, Lewchuk and Stewart in their article. Most especially, the film demonstrates the emphasis on automation and lean production. The impacts on the chickens and on humans are similar in many respects. Tweedy Chicken Farm is located in England, and is designed like a prison or a concentration camp. Surrounded by barbed wire fences and patrolled by Mr. Tweedy, the farm is made up of numerous buildings for the chickens that are spaced close together and have crowded conditions inside."

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