-"This is why "Roger and Me" and "Fahrenheit 9/11" are seen as works of art..."-
Oh, please! It's seen as art only because it's in the form of a movie. Otherwise, it can be put on TV in the form of a Rat political commercial, and nobody'd know the difference.
I can take a picture of my toilet bowl, slap some pithy political wordage on it, and somebody would call that art. Even if I do it just to con the art whores.
Exactly the point! All he has to do is convey the approved message. The quality can be for garbage.