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Unread 19 Jan 2003, 23:54   #1
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I just saw the movie "Roger and I" on tv. It is about GM and its leaving off Flint, the city where GM started. (GM=General Motors)
It is awesome! I have never really enjoyed a documentary like that.

If you have seen the movie, (or some off his other movies/series), what do you think about it?
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Unread 20 Jan 2003, 00:05   #2
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Ive pre-ordered "Bowling for Columbine".
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I just found out, that his book "Stupid white men", were stopped after 11.september for being "anti-american".

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I just found out, that his book "Stupid white men", were stopped after 11.september for being "anti-american".
A lot of knee-jerk reactions happened in the US. They banned a total of 650 songs from being played on Radio stations because they had "anti-american or pro-terrorist themes"

That would be amusing if it wasnt so serious.
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I just found out, that his book "Stupid white men", were stopped after 11.september for being "anti-american".
Stopped in what sense? It was on the best sellers list here recently in the UK, along with a tour by him of stand-up.

Moore is pretty cool. He's vastly better than the million odd other comedy slags who rant about coffee not being like it used to be. Not only that, but unlike some leftists he actually gets working class issues. Whether or not he is, he comes across as a "genuine guy", probably a little slow. Which is why some of his pranks work quite well against the slick and smooth.

But I don't like his style of comedy. I don't like confrontational scenes, and him embarrassing some PR schmo from X corporation isn't exactly like a major blow for the working class. And he's got that all-too common American disease of still not quite believing that the Democrats are the most evil people ever.

But as I say, overall he rocks. He's miles ahead of others and puts the banality of most comedy to shame.
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Dante: I was to unclear. I am not that good in swedish either, and that's my source. (Swedish television net-site) As far as i can decipher, it was banned in America after 11.september. You know, stopped by the distributor. (Who probably had some pressure from higher powers)

Kura: It is kinda funny. In a strange way.
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I like people who have opinions, but I also like people who can discuss their opinions without ranting.

I started to read Stupid White Men a few months ago, and gave up after 50 pages, if I wanted to listen to somebody endlessly rant about whats wrong with the world then I will spend some time with my grand parents.

Regardless of the validity of his arguments, most of which are quite valid, I dislike the way he puts them across to his audience

edit : the whole september 11th banning thing is covered in the first few pages of the book
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Re: Michael Moore
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I just saw the movie "Roger and I" on tv. It is about GM and its leaving off Flint, the city where GM started. (GM=General Motors)
It is awesome! I have never really enjoyed a documentary like that.

If you have seen the movie, (or some off his other movies/series), what do you think about it?
Did that come out like five to ten years ago?

Like with the woman who was selling rabbits for pets, and occasionally eating some of them?
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Did that come out like five to ten years ago?

Like with the woman who was selling rabbits for pets, and occasionally eating some of them?
Yes.
It's about when GM closes down their factories, and what happens to that little poor town.
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Yes.
It's about when GM closes down their factories, and what happens to that little poor town.
I actually saw part of that when it first came out. It was really good, and my dad loved it.

But I totally forgot about it, and certainly never came close to putting that guy together with 'bowling for columbine' and 'stupid white men'
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heh, co-incedently that "Roger and me" was on tv late last night, so i satyed up and watched it, becauce micahel moore is very amusing.

Loved the movie, and cant wait to see the latest one. (altho the rabbit lady kinda disturbed me)
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I planned to post a link to the james lileks attack on Michael Moore which is one of the most amusing articles ive ever read, but he took it down so I'm going to post this instead.
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I planned to post a link to the james lileks attack on Michael Moore which is one of the most amusing articles ive ever read, but he took it down so I'm going to post this instead.
you took down one of the most amusing things ever?

edit: oh the other one is amusing
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I planned to post a link to the james lileks attack on Michael Moore which is one of the most amusing articles ive ever read, but he took it down so I'm going to post this instead.

That was a link!
You go Noddy!
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Stopped in what sense? It was on the best sellers list here recently in the UK, along with a tour by him of stand-up.
read the book, it explains it all.... basically they tred to make him rewrite vast chunks of it, such as the criticism of Bush's staff to the chaptercalled 'kill whitey'

It's an excellent read, though he does tend to rant a bit.
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Yeah, its one of my favourite webcomics

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stupid white men is actually a quite good book. the facts are very interesting and written in a way that it doesnt get mind-numbingly boring after 20 pages (yes, it does get annoying, but its an easy read)

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