Interesting reading the various reactions to Michael Moore’s Oscar acceptance speech. Round and round the top goes…
Insight from Time: Shame on You, Mr. Moore! Shame on You!:
If Moore really wants to end the war — and not just boost the spirits of his Upper West Side neighbors — then mightn’t he also want to win over people who oppose the war and yet don’t believe that Bush is an illegimate president swept into office by skullduggery?
Poniewozik (article author) points out that this sort of over-the-top all-in-one take-it-or-leave it type of thing is a characteristic flaw of Moore’s movies
, the irony being that, Bowling for Columbine was IMO, Moore’s first film that seemed to transcend that.
I’m not going to rank on Moore. At least he got out there and said it, it’s too bad that it’s not going to make it through the static for those that aren’t in agreement. Only time and bodybags will change that, I suppose.
[added] Interesting tidbit:
The nomination is, in its own way, kind of amazing, but not nearly so much so as the fact that he gets the kind of big corporations and media magnates he loves to attack–such as General Electric, Rupert Murdoch, Disney and Kirk Kerkorian– to subsidize and distribute his work.
“The irony is never lost on me,” said Moore. “They’re doing it because they’re in the business of making money, and I make them money. … And I’m doing it because, through these large media entities, I’m hoping to reach as many people as possible.
“What’s always kind of bothered me about this equation … is that I think they know that ultimately it’s not a dangerous act to put Michael Moore out there. They are so convinced that they’ve done such a good job of dumbing down the minds of the American public, that the public, when they watch ‘TV Nation’ or ‘The Awful Truth’ or this movie on DVD or whatever, will laugh, they’ll cry and they’ll turn it off and switch it to, you know, ‘Help Me, I’m a Celebrity–Get Me Off This Island!’ or whatever that new show is.”
Also interesting, according to MOOREWATCH.com, 76 days have passed since Moore removed his forums and silenced the debates between his supporters and his critics.
I was looking for forums on his site and was surprised (yet not) to find this. Praise be joojle.