Here we go again. Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore is going offer his solution to societal ills through one of his documentaries.
If Moore's past movies are any indication of the coverage he will get, it is sure to be a media hit. Already, Huffington Post blogger and MSNBC daytime anchor Carlos Watson is praising praised Moore's early promotion of the flick.
"Michael Moore, the filmmaker, is back and this time he was taking aim at Wall Street," Watson said on June 15. "[H]e did a very funny thing, Sarah, this weekend when you showed his documentary in some of the movie theatres. It was very interesting. He had ushers walk along, trying to take up money for CEOs and Wall Street banks."
Newsweek's Sarah Ball explained how Moore's stunt was carried out in theatres over the weekend.
"He is bringing his typically sort of factitious tone, having these guys ask for alms as though they're begging for charity, but of course on behalf of impoverished Wall Street CEOs and shouldn't we pity them," Ball said.
The trailer that aired in theatres over the weekend included actual ushers with collection containers, according to some reports. Moore took aim at five financial institutions in particular, two of which - Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), have made efforts to repay the TARP bailout funds with some resistance from the federal government.
"Hi, I'm Michael Moore," he said. "Instead of using this time to tell you about my new movie, I'd like to take a moment and ask you to join me in helping our fellow Americans. The downturn in the economy has hurt many people. People have had no choice but to go on government assistance. Yet, our welfare agencies can only do so much. That's why I'm asking you to reach into your pockets right now and lend a hand. Ushers will be coming down the aisles to collect your donations for Citibank, Bank of America, AIG, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and a host of other needy banks and corporations."
Moore continued to mock the bailout premise, although he has been an advocate of government intervention of the auto sector - at the expense of the taxpayer.
"Won't you please give generously?" Moore said. "Now, I know what you're thinking - I already gave with the bailout, and I know you did. But even if you've given in the past, give some more. It'll make you feel good."




















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Jeff, you need to put
June 15, 2009 - 14:38 ET by motherbeltJeff, you need to put quotes around the word documentary.
His other "documentaries" he claimed were that first, then satire, then opinion, then "art" and finally a combination of all of those.
Convenient, huh?
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Haha - I'll keep that in
June 15, 2009 - 14:44 ET by Jeff PoorHaha - I'll keep that in mind as this one unfolds.
'Yawn' is too Tame a Retort
June 15, 2009 - 14:39 ET by DoktorFrankenDon't 'Moore' me, Bro!!
Wowie Kazowie! More media slathering over Moore's blathering. But, could we expect anything else? And taking collections for the executives are what Conservatives DID NOT want to do on the government level. So his little stunt just proves how pathetic Hussein and Congress' bail-outs are.
And he is still FAT
June 15, 2009 - 14:43 ET by Delsaguess NO health care for him???
Ya!! How is "Obamacare"..
June 15, 2009 - 16:59 ET by BEGRUNTgoing to deal with this fat walrus looking piece of cr#p??
When is Michael Moore, or
June 15, 2009 - 14:51 ET by motherbeltWhen is Michael Moore, or President Obama, for that matter, going to go after the salaries of pro sports figures, or even These Guys
And if agents are making this kind of money as a percentage, imagine what the actors paying them are earning!
BTW, just how much did Mr. Moore rake in the past few years????
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Oh this is rich coming from
June 15, 2009 - 14:54 ET by bigtimerOh this is rich coming from one of the biggest capitalist pigs there are.
Share your wealth with those you worry so much about you phony hog.
Put your money where you big mouth is you pork-bellied hypocrite.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
I didn't know
June 15, 2009 - 15:02 ET by Tom in NCThat pig excrement could be piled that high
There must be a
June 15, 2009 - 15:05 ET by Chris NormanThere must be a psychological reason for Michael Moore to choose targets that are unpopular and easy to pick on. It might be because, given his - er - physical attributes - he got picked on a lot in school.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Anyone else see the irony in
June 15, 2009 - 15:29 ET by Another Dead KennedyAnyone else see the irony in Michael Moore's first movie, Roger and Me? A full on assault on GM, convincing the viewer to be repulsed by the company's business practices. And now here we are, 20 years later...repulsed by GM's business practices.
I won't judge this movie until I see it. Of course, I still haven't seen the last few, so expect my comments in...I'm thinking 6-7 years. I've got a backlog of flicks in my Netflix queue. Still haven't seen Tootsie.
Is this the same Moore
June 15, 2009 - 16:04 ET by jdhawkIs this the same Moore that published a slockumentary whose aim was to take away American's 2d amendment rights while he protects himself with an armed guard whenever he travels to a public event?
Or is this the same Moore that published a liberal propaganda hit piece on the health care industry in the United States while as an employer doesn't offer his own employees any benefits including health care and has gotten himself in trouble with the law over not even paying their payroll taxes?
Or is this the Moore that is lambasting Wall Street while leaving out the culpability of the liberal congressman, senators and presidents that created law that forced financial institutions to lend money to people that they knew had no capacity to pay back? The same law that is still on the books and that is likely to land these companies right back into the same mess they are attempting to extricate themselves from as I write this.
Or maybe Moore is going to make a movie about the hundreds of millions of dollars that were spirited to dimocrat coffers over the years by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae while creating a corporate disaster that will never repay the hundreds of billions that have been poured into them so that they wouldn't collapse while many of the executives of these two corporations are advising the president on how to get out of this crisis and the congressman that helped create this mess remain blameless.
Yeah, fat boy is going to create a hit piece on liberals and their culpability. I am sure of it . . .
Mooreon!
June 15, 2009 - 16:08 ET by blazermaniacYou mean this guy is still alive! He needs to lose about 300 pounds. He also needs to lose his speech. About twenty people might care what this windbag has to say. And those are the twenty viewers that Larry King has.
if you've never seen it
June 15, 2009 - 16:18 ET by Whizzpoppercheck out the documentary, "Michael Moore Hates America". it's a beautiful thing.
Where Did My Neck Go?
June 15, 2009 - 18:08 ET by slickwillie2001I thought his new documentary was going to be called 'Where the Hell Did My Neck Go?': http://ace.mu.nu/archives/287610.php
SW2001
June 15, 2009 - 19:24 ET by DoktorFrankenFrom the photo that's on the web page you posted it looks like his chin ate it.
Ooooops
June 15, 2009 - 22:28 ET by DoktorFrankenMake that ''CHINS'' - and plenty of them.
If it weren't for Wall
June 15, 2009 - 19:42 ET by RR GOPIf it weren't for Wall Street, capitalism and the world of high finance, Moore wouldn't even have the cameras or editing technology he has now...he'd have Billy Bitzer, Jr. cranking away a consistent number of frames per second.
Sure, these guys could choke on their lobster or get captured in their yachts by Somali pirates and I wouldn't really care, but we need these types to amass and organize capital. Until capitalism perhaps dies a natural death sometime in the future, that's just the way it is.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Could he be more pathetic and irrelevant?
June 15, 2009 - 20:06 ET by ghblogHe is a Stupid White Man! He should take a look at which presidential candidate "Wall Street" backed with thier cash.
He also posted his cures for GM...stupid, stupid, stupid
http://www.framingthedialogue.com/archives/stupid-white-man/
I saw "The taking of Pelham
June 15, 2009 - 20:46 ET by MightyMouthI saw "The taking of Pelham 123" this weekend and was subjected to the neckless face of Moore on a 40 by 60 foot screen for what seemed like an eterinty (but was only a matter of seconds)...
Anyhow, puked up my diet coke, M&Ms and popcorn(very nasty they had to call pimple face to clean it up)... talked to the "manager" and bitched him out for no warning! (I think he left crying). Lord what a waste of a weekend!
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