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This week we are viewing comedies about Corporate Down sizing and layoffs. One may rightfully argue that making comedies about such a subject normalizes the harm done by these soulless, money driven entities, but hopefully the flicks can also be a reminder that Capitalism is awful and worthy target of satire.

Johnny Keep Walking! (2023) 年会不能停！

1:57:05, Mandarin with optional English subtitles
Director: Runnian Dong

As lay-offs loom, a simple technician at a rural factory is mistakenly promoted to a high-level managerial position at corporate headquarters due to a series of clerical errors and a bribery scheme gone wrong.

From Fortune:

The film’s Chinese title makes more sense and roughly translates to Don’t Stop the Gala, a reference to the lavish office parties annually thrown by Chinese corporations. Like many (even most?) office parties around the world, the film depicts an exercise in hypocrisy intended to plaster over whatever cracks arose through the previous challenging year in business.

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)

1:26:25, English (Canadian) with optional English subtitles
Director: Kelly Makin

A pharmaceutical scientist is pressured to either green light his new pill before testing finishes or have his whole division laid off. Surely everything will go well.

from AV Club:

If you like jokes about flipper-babies and cancer-stricken children, then Brain Candy is for you. It’s candy-coated and zippily directed, with some of the bleakest gags ever seen in a mainstream studio comedy, like this unbelievably dark bit about the fate of McDonald’s dad…

Content Warnings

Johnny Keep Walking!: Canada rated PG, U.K. 12A
Sex & Nudity: None
Violence & Gore: Mild
Profanity: Mild
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking: None
Frightening & Intense Scenes: Mild
from www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1669954
flashing lights or images
hospital scene
vomit
natural bodies of water

Brain Candy: U.S. rated R, U.K. 15
Sex & Nudity: Mild
Violence & Gore: None
Profanity: Severe
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking: Moderate
Frightening & Intense Scenes: None
:::spoiler 36 triggers from www.doesthedogdie.com/media/27992
animals abused (obviously fake, brief, a la The Wacko)
animal abandoned?
obscene language/gestures
r-slur
homosexual slurs (by gay character in denial)
hate speech (same incident as above)
ableist language or behavior
baby cry
car crash
car honk / tires screech
someone hit by car
someone dies
parent dies
family member dies
someone commits suicide
someone abuses alcohol
someone uses drugs (prescription)
someone drugged
someone becomes unconscious
someone struggles to breathe
cheating
someone has a chronic illness
someone has cancer
someone terminally ill (cancer)
someone has a mental illness
mentally ill person violent
spit
someone disabled played by able-bodied
someone homeless
someone sexually assaulted? (grade school boys peek up the skirt of an unaware grandmother)
eye mutilation (cartoonish)
gun violence
sexual content
someone masturbates
shakey cam
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