July 23, 2003
michaelmoorization?
Go read Red's comments on recent trends in presenting the facts in documentaries. Then come back and tell me what you think.
well, what's the problem? mm made people go nuts. that's fine.
Posted by: supatyp on July 23, 2003 09:28 AMJust because someone is obnoxious doesn't mean they're wrong. That applies as much to Michael Moore as to the people he attacks, but it can be so easy to forget....
Posted by: eldan on July 23, 2003 11:28 AMExcuse me? Mr Moore slanders decent people with outright falsehoods, and that's not "wrong", just obnoxious? Eldan, can I now assume that if I go around in your neighborhood telling people you are a known child molester, you won't object? Fine.
Yes MM made people "go nuts", by saying things about them that were untrue. But of course you deem those targets of MM as "evil", and thus undeserving of fair treatment. No tactic is too dirty when dealing the hated CONSERVATIVES, right?
And liberals always claim to be the fair, tolerant, enlightened ones. Ha.
Posted by: Big John on July 24, 2003 12:32 AMI'd say that Moore's things are pretty clearly provocations rather than documentaries in any traditional sense, designed to force topics into the media highlight partly by winding up his ideological adversaries and creating controversy. They're editorial rather than reportage, they obviously come with an agenda and a viewer would have to be fairly naive not to grasp that.
What does bug me is agenda-laden pieces of any political perspective that pretend to a cool documentary objectivity ( What was the phrase in MG's cons list? 'Bigots disguised as pundits').
Posted by: Dud on July 24, 2003 02:26 AMI like Michael Moore. But I'll agree that sometimes his ego (and wanting to appear as a hero) get in the way of telling his story.
Posted by: moorishgirl on July 24, 2003 07:42 AMPost a comment
About
bio articles news contact rssMy Events
04.26: LA Times Festival of Books04.30: Claremont, California
09.23-10.04: International Literature Festival Berlin
Search
My book
In hardcover
In Morocco
In Italian
In Portuguese
In french
In dutch
In spanish
Monthly Archives
April 2008March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
July 2004
June 2004
May 2004
April 2004
March 2004
February 2004
January 2004
December 2003
November 2003
October 2003
September 2003
August 2003
July 2003
June 2003
May 2003
April 2003
March 2003
February 2003
January 2003
December 2002
November 2002
October 2002
September 2002
August 2002
July 2002
June 2002
May 2002
April 2002
March 2002
February 2002
January 2002
December 2001
November 2001
October 2001
Comments