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Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric:
However, as we've all seen in the past, Michael Moore treats the truth like silly putty - something to be bent, twisted and manipulated to fit his needs.
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While you do have the perfectly reasonable right to hold this opinion, I (and I am sure, many others) am not convinced- even after reading the various critisms, counter-critisms, and counter-counter-critisms of BFC. I do not think he is untruthful and, as far as making op-ed peices with a slant-that is hardly a crime of character.
So you may doubt Moore's word in this issue, based on your opinion of him and his work, but I would not expect everyone to have the same doubts.
My take on this current issue is this- Last year Moore recieved
informal word that his film may not get distribution as outlined in his contract. Now that the film is finished and is being screened that informal word became
official and
final so he decided to spill the beans.
I see nothing dubious about this turn of events.
As Moore points out in the letter I posted before, Various Disney-owned media outlets offer plenty of partisan content,( Rush Limbaugh Sean Hannity) only from the otherside of the aisle from Moore. Mirimax also provides alot of films that can hardly be deemed "family entertainment" ( Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction and many others).
So the various reasons provided not to distribute the film dont stand up to scrunity. Considering the Moore's political leaning and the content of Farenheit 9/11 is is logical to deduce that Disney is reneging on their contract for political reasons rather than the flimsy reasons they have offered.