The box office success of Fahrenheit 9/11 makes me think and, to be honest, I'm still ambivalent.
On one hand, I'm happy to see something so unabashedly liberal achieving such a wide level of exposure on a mainstream level. Although I don't consider Michael Moore to be the great white hope of the progressive left like some others do, I nonetheless think he is a very intriguing filmmaker whose work raises a lot of valid points not necessarily covered in the conservative (BECAUSE, LET'S FUCKING FACE IT, THERE IS PRECIOUS LITTLE GODDAMN LIBERAL MAINSTREAM) media.
On the other hand, the divisive nature of the film's content makes me concerned for its potential impact on voters in this year's election. I've heard a great deal of people talking about how the film is one-sided, to which I can only reply "no shit, sherlock; look at the fucking title." I've also heard a great deal many people saying that THIS is the film that's going to get them to vote. And all that's fine, to be sure, but I can't shake the feeling that swearing blind allegiance to John Kerry simply because he isn't George Bush is just as risky as having the Junta in office.
This is part of the reason why I don't talk with anyone about politics anymore these days; because I'm too quick to call the pragmatic centrist majority on their bullshit, that they have, in fact, abandoned their rational thought and concern for what is right in favor of simply exorcising a cancerous presence with little thought to how far it's spread. I mean, it should have been obvious when Reagan died: the problem isn't Bush, the problem isn't even the Junta, really, it's the mentality that creates men like Cheney and Rumsfeld and Ridge and Ashcroft.
On one hand, I'm happy to see something so unabashedly liberal achieving such a wide level of exposure on a mainstream level. Although I don't consider Michael Moore to be the great white hope of the progressive left like some others do, I nonetheless think he is a very intriguing filmmaker whose work raises a lot of valid points not necessarily covered in the conservative (BECAUSE, LET'S FUCKING FACE IT, THERE IS PRECIOUS LITTLE GODDAMN LIBERAL MAINSTREAM) media.
On the other hand, the divisive nature of the film's content makes me concerned for its potential impact on voters in this year's election. I've heard a great deal of people talking about how the film is one-sided, to which I can only reply "no shit, sherlock; look at the fucking title." I've also heard a great deal many people saying that THIS is the film that's going to get them to vote. And all that's fine, to be sure, but I can't shake the feeling that swearing blind allegiance to John Kerry simply because he isn't George Bush is just as risky as having the Junta in office.
This is part of the reason why I don't talk with anyone about politics anymore these days; because I'm too quick to call the pragmatic centrist majority on their bullshit, that they have, in fact, abandoned their rational thought and concern for what is right in favor of simply exorcising a cancerous presence with little thought to how far it's spread. I mean, it should have been obvious when Reagan died: the problem isn't Bush, the problem isn't even the Junta, really, it's the mentality that creates men like Cheney and Rumsfeld and Ridge and Ashcroft.
karalynn:
Great Journal Entry..