[lbo-talk] Sicko

[Tayssir John Gabbour]

On 6/25/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Anyone seen Sicko yet? We watched it last night - it's really great.
> Moore can wrap some fairly radical politics in pop culture in a way
> that could open up a lot of American minds. And though the politics
> are mostly social democratic - and social democracy looks
> revolutionary by current American standards - he has some very
> sympathetic things to say about Cuba. Man's a genius.

I watched it with someone from Europe, and we thought it was pretty
entertaining and well done.

Though, my friend was very suspicious about the French family.
Apartment was much nicer than she expected, and they looked like
professionals or managers or something.

He said they were "an average middle-class family," and their combined
earnings was $8,000/mo. If his figures are accurate, it still might be
a misleading statistic. (Or maybe not; I don't know.)

Of course, that's nothing in comparison to the US media notorious for
being worse than a Comedy Central fake news show... And he combined
reformism with a revolutionary message at the end:

    "You know, if we ever did remove the choke-hold of medical bills,

    college loans, daycare, and everything else that makes us afraid

    to step out of line, well, watch out. 'Cause it'll be a new day in

    America."

Tayssir