Take his target audience into account:
Posted on 08/12/2004 7:20:50 AM PDT by SJackson
Ask PT Barnum
It became successful because of the Hate Bush people.
I have wondered for a while if Moore is actually just a genius who recognized that there is a tremendous market of adle brained liberals willing to part with large sums of cash and he could get rich on them and that he believes little to none of what he puts out.
Beat me to it. I'm not suprised by any of theses scumbags anymore. Just angrier.
These days, the Sun's standards are much higher than the New York Times.
That's my belief.
He showed a modicum of talent in "Roger and Me" but evidently he had only one film in him. The others have become masterpieces of stroking (and milking) the liberal psyche.
Take his target audience into account:
Michael Moore is the USA's # 1 war profiteer. Has any other person in the US made more money off the Iraq war than Michael Moore?
Genius? No, but con man I would believe.
Why? F9/11 was successful because of an avalanche of publicity...both good and bad. People who would never have seen such tripe went to see what all the hubub was about. Moore is a bottom-feeding propagandist who knows how to manipulate the media to his advantage.
To be as successful of a con man as Moore on a huge portion of not only the US, but worlds population you can not be an idiot.
I had the distinct feeling that it was Moore rather than Bush who was deceiving me. Perhaps Bush too, but for him I still have no proof...
AND:
They were against the war in Iraq before it broke out, even before it was realized that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction.
Hidden in the text is the truth: this man has no love for GWB, either. It's only that his hate of Moore is greater, for now, than his hate of the President.
The good news is I think it's fading--I see movie ads in papers and under F911 it says "closing Friday", etc. I thought I read it had a 95 per cent drop in business
one week. They had hoped to keep it in theatres till the election though now of course the plan is to put the DVD out in Oct., I belive. Why would they want to put it out just before the... :) ) But I think for the most part the film played to the converted, and DVD sales will do the same. Not sure if it will change any votes.
Up to us to convince our friends who happen to buy this scam that Moore is deceiving them; but they probably
won't listen. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. But hopefully this film won't brainwash enough "undecideds"
to throw the election to Lurch and the Ambulance Chaser.
Ya don't have to be a history scholar to be a movie producer, director, actor or critic.
And ya don't have to be factual to win a movie award...apparently even if it's supposedly a "documentary"
And the majority of those who attend movies are not history majors either...to say the least. LOL
Cannes? The French love propaganda, especially if it is waged against Americans and Jews!
So the French are jealous. And because of that jealousy they are resentful instead of being grateful that we have pulled their frog legs out of the fire not once but twice...
Nothing difficult to understand.
In fact, quite elementary my dear, Watson!
Where lot's of American commies went when there cover was blown in the late '40's.
Recent exchange (true)(yesterday):
LIBERAL FRIEND TO ME: "In order to be allowed to vote, everyone should be made to show a ticket stub for 'Fahrenheit 911'.
ME TO LIBERAL EX-FRIEND: "Au contraire, Chad Breath! It should be an immediate disqualifier."
HOWLING MAD LIBERAL EX-FRIEND TO ME: "You can't handle the truth! Why don't you go over to Iraq with your precious warmongers and watch them kill babies?"
ME TO HOWLING MAD LIBERAL LIBERAL EX-FRIEND TURNED MORTAL ENEMY: "Why don't you go down to your precious Planned Parenthood and watch them do exactly the same. It's a lot shorter trip."
HOWLING MAD LIBERAL EX-FRIEND TURNED MORTAL ENEMY FLIPPING THE BIRD AS HE STALKED AWAY TO ME: "F*ck Bush and f*ck you!"
ME TO HOWLING MAD ETC., ETC.: "You've just summarized the entire movie. Now I don't have to see it. Thank you! Nice knowing you!"
Such is the current mind set we have to deal with. We cannot take this election lightly. We must get off our haunches and do battle. Our country is at stake.
I finally saw this monstrosity - someone I know downloaded it, so I wanted to see it. Really nothing there that the press doesn't spout on about endlessly. But what I really couldn't get over was just how childish and inane Moore was in his pokes at President Bush. Very hard to take him seriously even if I wanted to because Moore really made a serious ass of himself. Yet somehow, people eat this crap up. I just don't get it.
GI Ping
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