BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!

Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 23 Mar 03 - 11:38 PM

There were some boos, but mostly people seemed to be in shock. Damn, the guy has the guts of a burglar.

Look, these are movie actors and there's no reason to think that the room's collective IQ would be any higher that that of an average Town Hall meeting. Plus I suspect the vast majority would be terrified at the prospect of sinking their careers with a wrong strategic move, so it doesn't bother me a bit that when the cameras went into the audience, many (male and female) looked like deer caught in the headlights before applauding in a stunned kind of way.

But Moore? Damn, I'm proud of him.

Rick

Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: thosp
Date: 23 Mar 03 - 11:21 PM

i heard him Rick---- three cheers for him!!!

peace(Y)thosp

Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 23 Mar 03 - 11:02 PM

And you should have heard the boos!

Thanks to Michael Moore for the movie and the statement.

Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Mar 03 - 10:59 PM

I am sorry I missed that, Rick. I'd forgotten they were on. Really glad he was recognized by winning. Here's a quote I found at the Drudge:

"We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in a time where we have fictitious election results, that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons," Moore said.

Right on, Michael!

Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: Bobert
Date: 23 Mar 03 - 10:49 PM

I didn't hear him, Rick, but I'm sure he was great. He just seems to have a way of stripping off the crapola layers to an issue and exposing the rawness underneath. Good on Mike. He is the foremost spokesman against the insane administration in the US that we have.

bobert

Subject: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 23 Mar 03 - 10:37 PM

Sorry to my friends on Mudcat who feel differently than I do, but...

...Thank you Michael Moore!! I won't go into what he said...if someone has a transcript perhaps they'll share it here.

It wasn't a snide sideways comment, it was VERY direct. It was how he felt. He was supported ON STAGE by the other documentary nominees, and Jeez it made me feel good after a bad day, listening about American British and Iraqi casualties.

Hey...he won the Oscar as well!

Cheers

Rick