GOOD Magazine commissioned Alejandro Cardenas (director) and Daniel Cardenas (animator) to create a really cool animated video about “The Business of Death”.
Throughout the developed world the business surrounding death has often been an uneasy topic of discussion. Originating in the mid-19th Century, the modern funeral has evolved into an economic and cultural monster, with a vast network of supporting industries and myriad options for your earthly remains.
via Drawn!
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Tell me about it.
Dad used to work commission sales as a “pre-need counselor” for Forest Lawn when we lived in southern California.
Dad, not a salesman at heart at all, was trying hard to just make a living. Most salesman don’t give a shit about the product really; they can and will sell anything.
Most unsettling was the dopey selling points they would push like having a 1/2 scale Michelangelo’s David or an “authentic replica of the gates of Buckingham palace:, the crazy euphemistic names of various “need plans” (”Oh we have a lovely eternity garden plan at “Heart’ Level in the Mausoleum.”)
A good read on the subject from “the queen of the muckrakers”, Jessica Mitford – “The American Way of Death”
I am all about pre-need! I know this sounds weird, but I have been though this several times. 1) it locks down the price. 2) It takes away some surreal decisions from your upset and fragile survivors.