On the Similarities and Differences between "Green Food" and "Underground Chocolate"

Andreanne 2022-02-11 08:01:58

1. The two films are both dystopian-themed movies, but the focus of criticism is different: "Chocolate Underground" criticizes the brainwashing of the people by totalitarian rule, and "Green Food" criticizes the arbitrary claims and pollution of human beings irresponsible to the environment. destroy.

2. But one thing is the same. Food companies do nothing to deceive the people to profit from it: in "Chocolate Underground", food companies bribe political party leaders in order to promote their "nutritious biscuit" products, and the party will be elected after it is elected. It is declared that chocolate is a non-nutritious junk food, and it is forbidden to eat it, and only "nutritious biscuits" are allowed. Businessmen and individuals who sell edible chocolates are severely punished.
In "Green Food", the food company used corpses to make biscuits and bribed the government in order to save costs. The government claims that biscuits are made of sea water and soybeans, deceiving public opinion. When the protagonist discovers the truth and exposes it, the deceived people suspect that he is a liar.

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