entertainment and artistic value ahead of the politcs and that is the secret
to his success. He said if the main thing about a movie was that it was
anti-Bush, who would want to go? If you already don't like the guy you may
not want to sit through two hours of rhetoric denouncing him.
-Patrick
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From: Kevin Graeme
Why does it need to be either/or? That is precisely why people like
Bush can get away with what they do. People can only see the extremes
and not the shades of grey and subtle influences that are the ebb and
flow of their power.
You are right that Michael Moore is painting with a broad brush. It's
because he understands that you need to hit people over the head to
get them to pay attention. If the subtle details are lost it's because
the public would fall asleep through an academic study of the
influences and implications of 9/11. Heck, here at the University they
run lecture series on exactly that topic. It's a good night if 30
people show up.
Moore understands that and so does Bush. People can only pay attention
to the extremes, even when they detest them. So the real question is
which side of the skewed story do you want? Do you want to support
Bush and his policies of torture, invasion of privacy, and state
sponsored religion or is the alternative better? Because we're a
nation of fickle mush-heads that can only pick extremes.
-Kevin
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