Writing in the Boston Globe, Cathy Young examines Michael Moore’s anti-US populism:
So who, exactly, is this populist hero?
Moore isn’t just antiwar and anti-Bush; he is also virulently anti-American. That’s a label some right-wing pundits tend to slap on anyone critical of the war and of President Bush. In Moore’s case, however, the label fits.
Moore, the 50-year-old filmmaker and author of several books, has made a career of traveling round the world talking about how stupid, brainwashed, selfish, greedy, and otherwise rotten Americans are. He regales British audiences with tales of a National Geographic survey which found that many young Americans cannot find Iraq or England on the map—neglecting to mention that the survey results for British youth were quite woeful as well. Inviting an audience at Cambridge University to share some packs of Doritos, he comments, according to an account in The New Yorker, “It’s still your way, right, to share? You don’t want to turn into us—a society where the ethic is me me me me me me me, [expletive] you.”
Moore responds: “All’s I’m saying is, if they can make a triple-cheeseburger, then theoretically, at least, they can make one with nine alternating beef patties / cheese slices stacked one atop the next. I mean, the science is there, right?—why not take advantage of it? Christ, look how big they’ve gotten the Super Big Gulp. That’s no accident, brother…”
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(misplaced) marginalia: because he’s fat and all.
Is it still marginalia if it’s not in the margins?
OK, I don’t really have a point to make. Just wanted to test something with the new comments.
Testing something else. Feel free to delete this one Jeff.
Holy shit! A Micheal Moore fat joke!
Just when I think I have PW all figured out, you switch it up on me.
(Insert SPAM and any Hormel emoticons here.)
Feel free to visit one of the many other fine links on my blogroll, Bill.
Lots of original material out there. You just have to search for it.
No, no, I’d rather come here and give you shit.
Thanks for more Moore. So how about more and more Moore?
The best thing about the Atkins diet? More carbs available for Michael Moore.
” a career of traveling round the world talking about how stupid, brainwashed, selfish, greedy, and otherwise rotten Americans are”
And his career success is self-confirming of his statment, at least regarding a portion of Americans.