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Much media disinfo about Michael Moore speech after his Oscar for best documentary.
Google News search shortcut for Michael Moore.
http://news.google.com/news?q=michael+moore
But for the truth, and a good laugh, check out the audio link for the press conference
that occured after the Michael Moore speech. Mike was in good form at the press
conference. If just clicking the URL below does not work, then launch Windows Media
Player. Click "Open URL" in the file menu. Copy and paste the URL below into the form.
Click OK. It will buffer and then play. Add the URL to the Media Library to access it
again quickly later.
http://mfile.akamai.com/8629/asf/clips.download.akamai.com/8629/DocumentaryFeature_300k.as
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Best article I have seen so far on the Michael Moore speech at the Oscars is below:
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http://inthesetimes.com/comments.php?id=133_0_7_0_C
Michael Moore Stars at Academy Awards
By Joel Bleifuss | Mar 24, 03print | email | comment
Michael Moore: “I’m an American, and you don’t leave your citizenship when you enter
the
doors of the Kodak Theatre. ... I don’t stop being who I am when I come to this
ceremony,
and I’m extremely grateful for this response.” On Day 5 of the war, it was supremely
ironic that network television viewers had to tune into the 75th Annual Academy Awards
ceremony to hear voices that questioned the wisdom of the Bush Administration.
Rumblings of protest began on Saturday. At the Independent Spirit Awards (the award
ceremony for independent films) in Santa Monica, California, Maggie Gyllenhaal, the
starred in Secretary, said the country was “in the middle of a war about oil and
imperialism and I hope for peace as soon as we can possibly find it.” That same
afternoon
at the Miramax party,.it was reported that crooner Michael Feinstein couldn’t rouse the
guest to sing “God Bless America” no matter how hard he tried.
Then there was ABC’s presentation of the Academy Awards on Sunday night. It started off
on a good note with Steve Martin, saying, “I am really glad they cut back on the red
carpet, that’ll send them a message.” Minutes later he followed up with with, “A movie
star is many things: they can be tall, short, thin or skinny. They can be Democrats ...
or skinny.”
The political statements ranged from the subdued to angry. Susan Sarandon, wearing the
Dove of Peace pins designed by Henry Dunay for Global vision for Peace, flashed a peace
sign. Chris Cooper, winner of the best supporting actor for his role in Adaptation,
quietly said, “In light of all the troubles in this world, I wish us peace.”
Gael Garcia Bernal, the hunky star of Y Tu Mama Tambien, introducing the nominated best
song from Frida, said to loud applause: “The necessity for peace in the world is not a
dream, it is a reality. And we are not alone. If Frida was alive, she would be on our
side, against war.”
Pedro Almodovar, accepting the Oscar for best original screenplay for Talk to Her,
read a
statement: “I also want to dedicate this award to all the people who are raising their
voices in favor of peace, respect of human rights, democracy and international
legality,
all of which are essential qualities [for life.]”
And the audience cheered as Adrien Brody, who won best actor for The Pianist,
admonished
the orchestra to stop so he could say, “Whether you believe in Allah or God, may he
watch
over you, and pray for a peaceful and swift resolution to this war.”
And then there was Michael Moore. He received a standing ovation when Bowling for
Columbine was announced the winner of best documentary. The Chicago Tribune’s Mark Caro
reported that the pressroom also erupted in applause when it was announced that Moore
had
won.
Taking the stage, flanked by documentary filmmakers, Moore said: “I’ve invited my
fellow
documentary nominees on the stage with us. They are here in solidarity with me because
we
like nonfiction. We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in the
time
when we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. We live in
a
time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons, whether it is the
fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts. We are against this war, Mr.
Bush.
Shame on you, Mr. Bush. Shame on you. And any time that you have the Pope and the Dixie
Chicks against you, your time is up.”
John Horn of the L.A. Times reported that “as Moore’s speech reached its crescendo”
Oscar
producer Gil Cates and director Louis Horvitz, who were in the production truck,
decided
“to cut him off. ‘Music! Music!’ Horvitz yelled. The orchestra quickly drowned out the
rest of Moore’s speech.” And his microphone receded into the floor.
“It was so sweet backstage, you should have seen it. The teamsters are helping Michael
Moore into the trunk of his limo,” quipped Steve Martin.
Most of the Hollywood audience smiled and applauded, but stagehands, who were close to
the microphones, booed loudly, making it appear to a television listener that Moore’s
criticism of President Bush was not well received.
Back stage, Moore kept up his criticism. These remarks were well reported by the
Tribune’s Mark Caro and the Chicago Sun-Times Bill Zwecker, but most of the national
media ignored them.
Reporter: “Why did you do what you did?”
Moore: “I’m an American’
Reporter: “That’s it?”
Moore: “Well that’s a lot. I’m an American, and you don’t leave your citizenship when
you
enter the doors of the Kodak Theatre. ... I don’t stop being who I am when I come to
this
ceremony, and I’m extremely grateful for this response.”
Moore wanted it made clear that despite the loud boos from the stagehands, the
Hollywood
audience was behind him: “Don’t report that there was a split decision in the hall
because five people booed,” he said. “I did not hear that. I saw the entire place stand
up and applaud, applaud a film that talks about how we are manipulated by the fear
that’s
put forth by the White House and put forth by corporate America to create a culture of
violence at home and abroad.”
Noting that his book Stupid White Men is on the nonfiction bestseller list, Moore said,
“My finger’s on the pulse of where I think the majority of Americans are at, and I
think
it would be irresponsible of me not to say what I felt. I don’t think anyone who voted
for me for this award thought they’d get a speech about agents and lawyers or the
lawyers
of agents.” America he said is “not divided ... the majority of Americans do not want
to
see their boys or girls killed in this war. The majority of people do not want to see
our
democracy hijacked by the squatter on federal land at 1600 Pennsylvania. I just happen
to
believe in one person, one vote and you count all the votes.”
Naturally, the national media, which have busy as war-time cheerleaders, falsely
reported
that Moore was not well received. Kurt Loder of MTV’s report on Michael Moore’s
“witless
flip-out” was typical. Loder wrote, “Moore brought all of the losing nominees in his
category up onstage with him as a show of ‘solidarity’ (Uh oh.) He then launched into a
raving denunciation of ‘our fictitious president,’ which ... okay, a lot of people feel
this way. But Moore’s spittle-flecked undulations were so over-the-top, that even the
Oscar crowd—his natural constituency, you might think—erupted in a storm of boos. This
was totally unexpected.”
The furor over Moore’s comments will no doubt continue. During which time we should
remember the words of Barbara Streisand, who said, “I am glad that I live in a country
that guarantees every citizen, including artists, the right to say and to sing what you
believe.” In a culture where the Dixie Chicks run the risk of being blacklisted, it was
an affirmation that needed to be made.
A statement released by the Screen Actors Guild, earlier in the month, put it this way:
“Some have recently suggested that well-known individuals who express ‘unacceptable’
views should be punished by losing their right to work. This shocking development
suggests that the lessons of history have, for some, fallen on deaf ears.”
Joel Bleifuss is the editor of In These Times, where he has worked as a investigative
reporter, columnist and editor since 1986. Bleifuss has had more stories on Project
Censored's annual list of the “10 Most Censored Stories” than any other journalist.
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