[lbo-talk] Sicko

[B.]

It seems like every time Moore comes out with a film,
lots of people go, "Okay, so his last movie maybe
wasn't as great as we thought at the time, and we were
all caught up in that moment, but THIS one -- THIS one
-- is the *real* must-see!" That's how it was for
Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine, as I
remember. I find myself in the weird position of
basically agreeing with a lot of Moore's core points
but have grown to not be able to stand the guy and the
way he inserts himself into nearly every feature as
its main character/protagonist/savior. Having said
that, I also sometimes think, "Whatever -- if it gets
people to adopt the right ideas, then who am I to
complain?"

Kurt Loder of MTV/VH1 (of all people) vented disgust
at "Sicko" on VH1's website -- "'Sicko' is Heavily
Doctored":
http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1563758/20070629/story.jhtml

And Associated Press has run a hostile reaction to
"Sicko" here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070630/ap_on_he_me/sicko_us_fact_check

So maybe Moore is doing something right.

-B.

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> Doug:
>
>> And besides, it's not health policy wankery, I mean
>> wonkery. It's  
>> very high quality agitprop.
>>
>
> [WS:] Now that I have seen the film, I fully agree. 
> Excellect piece of high quality agitprop - very
> effective.  I think that Denby is full of shit with
> his crticism of the film - totallu unwarranted.  In
> fact, the Gitmo episode was a very effective
narrative
> device to introduce Cuba to the story.
>
> On another note, I am going to Europe for two weeks,
> so happy 4th of July everyone ;).
>
> Wojtek