Oscars: Peace Si, Moore No - Page 4

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• 1 - san

  Mar 24, 2003 at 11:27 am

  But that's Moore's style. It has been since Roger & Me. And I respect his unwillingness to subvert his style, private forum or no.
  
  Adrien Brody's brand of peace protest was, however, much more to my personal taste.
  
  I understand where you're coming from in labeling Moore "fat and greasy". It's an emotional response. But I think that in a public forum, it weakens your case. (It might be appropriate with some humor, but I don't think that you had much of a sense of humor about it last night.) If in an anti-war plea I refer to President Bush as President Bush, then I may get some people to listen. If I call him that arrogant, idiotic, Nazi bastard, I'm losing my audience before I can even state my case.
  
  Tell me you meant "fat and greasy" with a sarcastic sense of humor, and then I'll buy it. Otherwise, you can call him whatever you want, but I think it weakens everything you say after that.

• 2 - Ryan

  Mar 24, 2003 at 3:37 pm

  Im Sorry What?
  Some random guy who should spend his spare time in the gym instead of in the editing suite, is trying to tell the US Population what he thinks. And then he washes away his crying words with a bit of hipocracy..... Im sorry did you say you like making movies about fiction because we're living in a fictitious world...my ass Moore! The world we live in now is more non-fiction and real than I have ever seen it. Cancer, War, AIDS, Sept. 11... all these things are real, so take light Mr. Moore.. Untill anyone has the balls to take a seat in Mr. Bush's chair, please dont tell us what you would do if you were in it.

• 3 - Bill Sherman

  Mar 24, 2003 at 3:42 pm

  Eric, for the record, I liked this take on the show and on Moore's blustery comments. . .

• 4 - Eric Olsen

  Mar 24, 2003 at 3:46 pm

  Thanks Bill, you rock

• 5 - James Russell

  Mar 24, 2003 at 6:52 pm

  Goddamn, Eric, first it was fattism and greasism, now it's kiltism. What is your problem with men in kilts? And what will you be opposed to next? :)

• 6 - The Theory

  Mar 24, 2003 at 7:17 pm

  yeah... give me a kilt any day.
  
  *The Theory... would totally wear a kilt*
  
  peace.

• 7 - Eric Olsen

  Mar 24, 2003 at 7:59 pm

  I have seen the damage a kilt can do firsthand.

• 8 - Steve Rhodes

  Mar 24, 2003 at 8:11 pm

  
  Ryan, Moore said he and the others make non-fiction films (his one feature film Canadian Bacon was pretty bad).
  
  

• 9 - Peter Petrisko

  Mar 25, 2003 at 3:32 am

  On MICHAEL MOORE:
  
  The BAD news -
  
  Moore makes a complete ass of himself (again), thus proving the old adage:
  
  "Booze & Glitz just don't mix."
  
  It wasn't just an acceptance speech, it was a Public Service Announcement.
  
  The GOOD news -
  
  Since it appeared on television, Moore is now eligible to be nominated in the "Best Performance by an Angry White Man in a Musical or Variety Show" category at next year's Emmy Awards.
  
  Personally, I think his chances of winning that Emmy are pretty darn good.
  
  Pete

• 10 - Lynne

  Mar 27, 2003 at 5:25 pm

  I was startled by your reference to Peter O'Toole as an "aristocratic Englishman". He does play that part well, and probably would have been knighted by now - except that he is Irish.

• 11 - Eric Olsen

  Mar 27, 2003 at 5:29 pm

  sorry Lynne