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Moore or less (Great Editorial on Moore!!!)
The Telegraph ^ | 19/05/2004 | Wednesday 19 May 2004

Posted on 05/18/2004 5:09:23 PM PDT by Eurotwit

It must have been a gruesome sight: the elite of the Cannes film festival applauding someone even more self-regarding than themselves. Michael Moore, portly archpriest of the anti-Bush cult, premiered his film Fahrenheit 9/11 at the festival this week. The American documentary-maker sent three undercover film crews to Iraq; they returned with footage - included in the film - claiming to show US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners. If such abuse occurred, then it should be condemned. But no one should rush to judgment on the basis of allegations emanating from Mr Moore.

Many of the claims made in Bowling for Columbine, his Oscar-winning film about America's gun culture, have unravelled spectacularly under scrutiny. His target audience of 20-year-old slackers will not hear a word against him, but many American commentators - including Left-wing ones - are embarrassed by the crudity of his rhetoric, the unreliability of his "facts" and the gulf between his claim to represent blue-collar America and his personal lifestyle.

Mr Moore lives on New York's Upper West Side and travels in corporate jets with a rock-star entourage. Asked about this by the Los Angeles Times, he implied that only middle-class journalists were bothered by the contradiction - "the working class just thinks it's cool". This concern for the working classes is touching: it was on display again at Cannes, where Mr Moore took time out from gobbling canapés to address a local protest over benefit cuts. "I'm here to support workers in France, the United States and all around the world," he declared.

This folie de grandeur might be forgivable if Mr Moore were funny. And, to be fair, some people think he is. In a recent live show in London, he suggested that, if the September 11 hijack victims had been black, as opposed to pampered whites, they would have fought back and overcome their attackers. His right-on audience lapped this up. Relatives of those who died might not have laughed so heartily.

The simple truth about Michael Moore is that this self-righteous critic of corporate America is one of its most bloated beneficiaries. It is time someone made a film about him - and, we are pleased to report, someone is. Forget Fahrenheit 9/11: later this year, a young film-maker called Mike Wilson will unveil a documentary entitled Michael Moore Hates America, in which the self-proclaimed "slob in a baseball cap" will find his techniques turned on himself. Don't miss it.


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
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1 posted on 05/18/2004 5:09:23 PM PDT by Eurotwit
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To: dd5339; cavtrooper21

read the last paragraph particularly! We will have to see this film.


2 posted on 05/18/2004 5:13:10 PM PDT by Vic3O3 (Jeremiah 31:16-17 (KJV))
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To: Eurotwit
In a recent live show in London, he suggested that, if the September 11 hijack victims had been black, as opposed to pampered whites, they would have fought back and overcome their attackers.

Jimmy the Greek is rolling in his grave.
3 posted on 05/18/2004 5:13:18 PM PDT by swilhelm73
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To: Eurotwit

Excellent.


4 posted on 05/18/2004 5:13:24 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: Eurotwit

Michael Moore at The Cannes Film Festival


5 posted on 05/18/2004 5:13:35 PM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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To: Eurotwit

Reserve me a seat to Wilson's film.


6 posted on 05/18/2004 5:13:49 PM PDT by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington
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To: PeoplesRepublicOfWashington

And another over here!


7 posted on 05/18/2004 5:17:13 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Vic3O3
"We will have to see this film."

. . .indeed; and the question is . . .'where'?

8 posted on 05/18/2004 5:18:03 PM PDT by cricket (Liberals are a scourge . . .)
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To: swilhelm73

I'd like to have Pfc. Lynddie England give Lumpy Riefenstahl a sarin enema.


9 posted on 05/18/2004 5:19:48 PM PDT by Argus
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To: Eurotwit

A broken glass anti-moore film supporter here. I can hardly wait!


10 posted on 05/18/2004 5:20:12 PM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Quick, act casual. If they sense scorn and ridicule, they'll flee..)
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To: Eurotwit

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1138045/posts


11 posted on 05/18/2004 5:21:27 PM PDT by spodefly (<<<\\\|||///>>>)
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To: PeoplesRepublicOfWashington

I already have an idea for Wilson's second film:

Islam: The Religion of Peace


12 posted on 05/18/2004 5:22:09 PM PDT by New Girl
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To: Eurotwit
"I'm here to support workers in France, the United States and all around the world," he declared.

Just not with his own money.

13 posted on 05/18/2004 5:28:31 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: Eurotwit
Michael Moore, portly

When my daughter was 5, she thought the word portly was pronounced "porkly."

Moore is porkliness personified.

14 posted on 05/18/2004 5:30:09 PM PDT by syriacus (Have you hugged a rudderless, down-at-the-mouth liberal today?)
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To: Eurotwit
Don't miss it.

I'm there!

15 posted on 05/18/2004 5:35:00 PM PDT by Ladysmith
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To: Eurotwit
Michael Moore is a fat, tub of lard, horse's ass......and a very, very bad liar.

I'd gladly tell him to his face.

16 posted on 05/18/2004 5:42:08 PM PDT by RightOnline
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To: New Girl

I'd see that movie, too.


17 posted on 05/18/2004 5:44:29 PM PDT by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington
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To: Eurotwit

"a young film-maker called Mike Wilson will unveil a documentary entitled Michael Moore Hates America, in which the self-proclaimed "slob in a baseball cap" will find his techniques turned on himself. Don't miss it"

I'm so glad to hear this! Being that moviemaking is a hobby of mine, I often wish I had the means to fight back against all the garbage out there, and Moore is the king of the dump.


18 posted on 05/18/2004 5:48:27 PM PDT by SirAllen (Liberalism^2 = Communism)
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Re: Mr. Moore's jetset lifestyle

"All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

19 posted on 05/18/2004 5:48:52 PM PDT by cincinnati65 (Rooting for the Panthers since 1995.......)
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To: Vic3O3

For more info on that film: http://www.michaelmoorehatesamerica.com/


20 posted on 05/18/2004 5:52:13 PM PDT by T. Buzzard Trueblood ("I think the country will evolve." -Teresa Heinz Kerry on gay marriage)
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