Workaday World: Crack Economy

Workaday World: Crack Economy The film, "Monster," a fictionalized portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, depicts the struggle of an underprivileged, abused woman as she attempts to find legitimate work and social acceptance. Wearing mismatched thrift shop clothes, Wuornos rides her bicycle through a business district and fills out applications, not realizing she looks pathetic and hopelessly out of place. She endures a humiliating interview at a law office, where a lawyer bluntly informs her …

…be a viable option for people who are marginalized and deemed unemployable: motivational workshops marketed toward the underprivileged, subsidized by Corporate America. Primo and the late Aileen Wuornos would have made superb motivational speakers: they know how to survive, they can give practical advice based on real life experience, and have memorable stories to tell. *"Workaday World: Crack Economy," Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology, 11th edition, Spradley and McCurdy, editors, Allyn and Bacon, 2000