Posted on 10/09/2004 7:19:28 PM PDT by Novel
October 09, 2004 - Michael Moore's nose is growing… And I'm offering him free popcorn.
Why, Mike, why? Why is it that you have a deep psychological need to tell people things that aren't true? Things that are blatant lies… things that are instantly verifiable. I read this morning in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that you once again told the audience last night at the U of M that you'd never heard of our movie… I'm confused.
First you told MSNBC's Buchanan and Press that you'd never heard of me or the film. Fine. Maybe after 9 months of requests for an interview, your “people” had not allowed a single one to get through… Although you had already called the film a piece of “Orwellian-style venom” on your website. But then you went on to say that you weren't doing the interview because you don't appear in other people's films… despite the fact that I jumped on IMDB and found LOTS of evidence to the contrary.
Anyhoo, a month later (almost a year ago to the day) you came to the University of Minnesota and I introduced myself during the Q&A. I'm sure you remember that moment, Mike… the moment when you blew your stack. I know that the hundreds of thousands of people who have downloaded our trailer remember it.
You also told Paul Bond of the Hollywood Reporter (on the record) that our film didn't exist and that we were “scamming everyone.” When I got the call from Paul, I had Mike Tucker, one of the average American citizens you abused in Bowling, in the back of my rental car. The film was rough then, but after our Associate Producer Maura Flynn tracked down the folks at the bank, we had to add the scene. Paul called you back after talking with me, and wanted to make sure you REALLY wanted to go with that quote. You changed it to say, “I've been waiting to see this movie. It sounds like great science fiction.” Strange words from someone who'd never heard of the film.
Oh, and maybe you forgot that you took part in that Daily Show piece on us. I thought it was hysterical. I thought you were finally becoming a good sport about it. But then maybe Samantha Bee never mentioned the film to you… Oh, wait. Yes she did. On camera. She even talked with your attorney about it...while you stood in the background.
And maybe you don't read the trades, but Variety just glowingly reviewed the flick. Maybe you should pick up a copy.
And then last night, you once again said you'd never heard of it. Well, Mike, lots of people find out about things at the last minute. Including Sgt. Peter Damon, who lost his arms in the war in Iraq. You remember him, right? You put him in F911. Surely you remember him… you said he was being left behind. The problem is that in our film, he finally has an opportunity to tell the world the truth, something you have little interest in. Sgt. Damon is angry with you, Moore. And he should be. You drafted him into your fight, your war. You drafted him unwillingly into the Army of Michael Moore. And he wants out.
But enough about that. According to your own words, you've either never heard of the film or can't wait to see it. Either way, I'm offering you a rented out theater… I'll pay for it (I'll put it on my MasterCard). Just you and me (and the six ninjas that accompany you wherever you go). We'll watch the movie, eat popcorn, slurp soda. In the end, I think you'll get the flick. I think you'll understand why I made it. And I think you'll be thoroughly embarrassed because you have judged this movie before seeing it - based on the title. You were right about one thing in that Star-Trib article, Mike. We're all in this together. That's the theme of my flick, and when you see it, you'll understand.
Please let me know when movie night is, Mike. I'll be waiting.
Take care, Mike Wilson Director, Michael Moore Hates America
Sounds like a FReeper night at the movies to me.
Mike Moore doesn't give a rats ass about politics or this election. Moore is a medicine show snake oil salesman. A guy who found his niche and is milking the establishment for all it's worth.
The publicity, the more $$ he pockets.
Just as I have an odd admiration for the old swift talking pushers of tonics and elixers, I have to admire Michael Moore.
...of course, that would only be after folks like you and I are either resisting at arms or already dead.
I'm talking about putting money in Mike Wilson's pocket.
"I'm talking about putting money in Mike Wilson's pocket."
As was I.
Yeah, I was replying to Zarf. He used the "I" word. I'm not quite sure why. Not offended, just confused. Maybe because I really am an idiot. :)
No admiration here whatsoever...I choose to personally note his MO, his craftiness, his anti-Americanism, his profits...and his lies without adding a shred of admiration.
If he was a Marxist, wouldn't he use some of his millions of dollars to help his poor little town of Flint?
He is just a pig on the animal farm.
In the end, all Marxists use their rhetoric and the useful idiots they can get to follow them to set themselves up as tyrants...very rich tyrants.
He never heard of it because he has turkey drumsticks stuck in his ears.
Is this the movie where the guy making it was on a Daily Show skit with Samantha Bee?
They did something on the Daily Show, but I didn't see it.
Mike Moore is FAT enough said.
You know the sad thing - if it wasn't for US (people who can't stand his mindless bullshit) his movie would have been a pathetic failure. If we hadn't gotten so (rightly) incensed and angry, denouncing the movie, talking about how much we hate it, and him - it would have been ignored.
We must learn a lesson here. The same HATE and ANGER (however well placed) that guaranteed the Dems minority status for decades to come, at the same time is elevating mindless twits like Moore from illigitimate 2nd rate film-maker to the voice of a movement.
While it is nice such a whack-job gets associated with the democrats, dragging them down, never forget that giving a voice to somebody like that who didn't have one is dangerous, no matter the upside.
Matt
True but that doesn't make him any less FAT
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