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by James Poniewozik E-Mail this
General Motors
Grade: B+
An assembly-line robot loses its job after messing up on the line, and goes skulking the streets to the tune of "All By Myself"—after trying and failing at several other jobs, it attempts suicide. Fortunately, it's just a dream—that GM 100,000-mile warranty has everyone obsessed with quality!—and the robot can continue happily depriving human autoworkers of well-paying blue-collar jobs. Somewhere on the Upper West Side, Michael Moore has an aneurysm.

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