# American Factory

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-factory/846750>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 21, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-factory/846750 "2020-01-21T16:22:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-factory/846750/1 "2020-01-21T16:22:41Z")

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Netflix has had “American Factory” on offer. It is about a GM plant in Ohio, which closed, and was bought by a Chinese company and turned into an automotive glass factory. Yes, it is about the (occasionally spectacular) collision between a Rustbelt-UAW mindset and the hyper-capitalist way of doing things from the People’s Republic - but it is so much more. It has 7 minutes of the best surrealist comedy in any documentary I’ve ever seen. Best enjoyed on 2 drinks.  
Just trust me. Watch it.