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More on moron Moore
I am more dismayed than puzzled that so many people take Michael Moore seriously. Dismayed because the same "entertainment-is-truth" virus that has infected millions of right-wing ditto heads has apparently crossed the species barrier into human beings who pride themselves on being so damn smart that they would never fall for the logical fallacies that pass as deep thought among the Bushies. But I'm far from surprised, because entertainment is passing more and more these days for informed comment.
Moore, a gifted filmmaker but little else, is treated as a genius with something important to say by millions of people who should know better. Now Moore is whining because his latest movie, Fahrenheit 911, may not be distributed by Disney Corporation. The movie savages President Bush for his ties to Saudi Arabia and the bin Laden clan.
Now there may very well be a reason to criticize Bush, and Bush pére, for their cozy ties to mideast dictators. And I for one would like the truth to come out big time. I just don't trust Moore to get the story right. Michelle Cottle of The New Republic gets it right:
But facts, in Moore's view, should not stand in the way of good entertainment. Indeed, when quizzed about inaccuracies in his work, Moore has two lines of defense: One, dismiss his critics as right-wing cranks. (This, despite the fact that many of them are liberals.) And two, claim his movies and books should be taken in the satirical spirit in which he offers them. "How can there be inaccuracy in comedy?" he smirked to CNN's Lou Dobbs a couple of years back.
Fine. So you're an entertainer. Then don't wrap yourself in the Constitution and rage about how you're being censored because of your courageous crusade to reveal unpopular political truths. Don't pretend you're a muckraking journalist if you are, in fact, simply a dumpier, left-wing version of Ann Coulter. Like you, Coulter is flitting around this free country lobbing her share of ideological bombs. She just has the good sense not to expect Mickey Mouse to help her do it.
In summary: Rush Limbaught still a big fat idiot. Ditto Michael Moore.
What's so hard to understand?
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Ralph Nader
9.5.04 00:32
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(9.5.04 16:52) I have heard another defense of Moore regarding his work. Many people claimed inaccuracies and lies in his film, Bowling For Columbine. He steadfastly maintains that everything in the film is factual and accurate. His defense of this is the fact that he had his own lawyers go through every detail of the film with a fine tooth comb, because he knew the NRA's lawyers would do the same. He maintains that he has not been sued over that film and if there were any inaccuracies or lies, the NRA would surely have sued him at first chance. It is an interesting argument. I happen to like Moore as a filmmaker and would go see any of his films because I think he offers something vital today: perspective. As a personality, though, he can definitely take it too far, which is unfortunate because that is what he is known as by most Americans...making his films much more susceptible to claims of fiction and inaccuracies. |
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(9.5.04 17:57) Moore can't be successfully sued, because his subjects are all public figures who are nearly slander-proof. And he can always claim that he's a satirist, which he is. I too like his films. I laughed out loud during Columbine, especially the interview with Terry Nichols' brother. But the film was rife with inaccuracies, which negate any claim that Moore has to serious political commentator. The very title suggests that the Columbine killers went bowling the day of the shootout. They didn't. There was an early report that they were spotted at a Bowling Alley, but not on the day of the killings. That's not libelous. It's just sloppy reporting. Filmakers change names, dates and circumstance all the time to tell a story. The practice is especially common when books are adapted to the screen. But names, dates and circumstances are important. |
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(11.5.04 06:54) I think his films are good, and just like ponnyj said, he provides perspective. But the thing that gets me mad is all the people out there that take every word this guy says as fact. As for this latest stunt, we all know what he is after - money. Disney still will get their money for financing their film. So even if they won't distribute it, they will get their money back plus interest. And thanks to the media, his film gets promoted like mad and he looks like a genious once again when his film takes in 10 times as much as he spent on it. Anyway, I'll probably go see the movie. |
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(11.5.04 14:36) Exactly. Columbine cost $3 million to make, and has taken in more than $100 million. That's all Eisner cares about. Disney's fuss about the movie is just posturing for its Republic shareholders and politicians. Disney needs Moore as much as Moore needs Disney, and both parties understand that. Moore learned a lesson from Mel Gibson, who fanned the flames of controversy over The Passion in order to drum up more interest in the movie. It worked. |
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