[lbo-talk] Americas Vichy Left vs. Michael Moore

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jul 13 13:56:42 PDT 2004


Stephen E Philion wrote:


>Cooper delcared that the only people who would like the movie would be
> seals clapping in the audience. But on his blog comment section, a good
>number of positive reviews of the film came from commenters who were not
>on the left at all. very interesting. also the film is being reported
>around the country as having a good reception by vets, repubs., etc.

Cooper used to denounce the weird, self-marginalizing Pacifica left. So then Moore comes along, who's not weird or self-marginalizing, and he denounces him too? Some people are never satisfied.

This link was posted earlier, but the text is worth considering. The film's audience is *not* the choir.

Doug

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<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Movies%20and%20Politics.htm>

Movies and Politics

July 13, 2004--Two surprising movies this year have drawn entirely different audiences to the theatre.

Fahrenheit 9-11, Michael Moore's entry into the election debate, has an audience that is 47% liberal, 26% moderate, and 25% conservative. The audience for Mel Gibson's Passion of Christ is 51% conservative, 27% moderate, and 21% liberal.

Other demographic differences abound:

* Women make up 42% of the audience for Fahrenheit 9-11 and 53% for Passion.

* The President's Job Approval among Fahrenheit viewers is 26%. Among Passion fans, it's 58%.

* The partisan make-up for Moore's movie is 47% Democrat, 19% Republican, and 34% unaffiliated. For Gibson's, the audience is 41% Republican, 36% Democrat, and 23% unaffiliated.

* Fahrenheit fans will vote for Democrats in Congress by a 66% to 20% margin. The Passion crowd will vote for Republicans by a 48% to 39% margin.

There is a bit of common ground between the movies. Fans of both named Rock'n'Roll as their favorite music. However, Classical music was the second choice of the Fahrenheit 9-11 audience while country music ranked second among the Passion audience.



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