I'm not a Moore fan, but do plan to see the film. However, having lived in the UK and seen the National Health System in action, and having traveled to Cuba in the last year (and visited a Cuban healthcare facility), I'm very skeptical at any suggestion that those systems are generally superior to ours.
The Cuban facility (in Havana, no less) was something of which our Cuban guide was obviously very proud. Unfortunately, it looked more like a small, underfunded charity hospital from the U.S. in the 1950s. Amazingly primitive. Nonetheless, the film (as opposed to "documentary") is undoubtedly worth a look. Tom Eyssell ________________________________ From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Toochis Morin Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 3:51 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] RECOMMENDED: SICKO I went to the second LA premiere of this film and found it quite compelling. The first LA premiere was held on Skid Row and was a fund raiser for the mission. The theater was packed and the tag message at the end is quite strong. I think he did a good job at what he does best. Toochis ----- Original Message ---- From: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 10:29:14 PM Subject: [MOPO] RECOMMENDED: SICKO That wicked polemicist Michael Moore is at it again. The pre-election hysteria of FAHRENHEIT 911 will not juice up audience numbers for SICKO, but I think this may be Michael Moore's most accessible film. Certainly some of the film is over the top, but once proves that his considerable heart is in the right - or should I say LEFT - place as he looks at the U.S. medical care conundrum: the best doctors and hospitals in the world but don't count on seeing them if, as Woody Guthrie once said, "you ain't got the dough-re-mi." Kirby Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
