Title : FAHRENHEIT 11/9 - A Film Every (sentient) Citizen Needs To See
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FAHRENHEIT 11/9 - A Film Every (sentient) Citizen Needs To See
Let me say I was glad to read John Anderson's bogus, distorted WSJ review of Michael Moor'e new film 'Fahrenheit 11/9' before going to see it with wifey earlier today. Reading Anderson's claptrap before actually seeing the movie on the big screen showed me the WSJ clown didn't know what the fuck he was talking about. Indeed, I was led to conclude the author didn't actually see it but instead resorted to canned fishwrap the WSJ likely had on hand for previous Moore films - with a few tweaks and updates added.
But both Janice and I agreed, that contrary to Anderson's balderdash, i.e. that Moore "hasn't made an honest film since 'Bowling for Columbine (2002)'", this latest effort rings with veracity in every scene, every segment. From the unholy depiction of infamous Michigan criminal governor Rick Snyder - who brought on a "slow rolling ethnic cleansing" of Flint, MI - e.g. by cutting off its water supply to Lake Huron and replacing it with the toxic Flint River (leading to thousands of cases of lead poisoning), to Obama himself actually showing up in Flint to sip its toxic water in a PR gag . That actually provided cover for Snyder, and left a hall full of African -American Flint citizens appalled. That faux pas also tamped down any 2016 election response from Flint's minority voters - likely helping to toss the industrial Midwest state to Dotard.
Then there were the scenes of Flint subjected to a live fire exercise, with the Dept. of Defense using ramshackle bldgs. (in minority neighborhoods) to unleash bombs and mortars to practice "urban warfare". A sad and sorry decision sanctioned by good ol' President Obama. The scenes at the Dem Convention were also enraging as well as illuminating as we beheld each state, VT, RI, WVa, etc, respond to the delegate roll calls by shouting out false delegate totals, i.e. for Hillary, when Bernie actually took the states. Wonder why so many Bernie supporters never bothered to show up to vote, there you have it after that charade.
Moore also features segment after segment showing NY Times headlines pumping and humping for centrist or capitalist positions, including inveighing against "socialists" None of the Times clips were fake or touched up. Yes, The Times has been out in the open more with its criticisms of Trump now, but not always.
That is the other underpinning theme of Moore's film, the degree to which the corporate media - especially the electronic voices of CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS had all been in bed with Trump from day one. All the outlets saw a classic way to keep viewers' eyeballs glued to their broadcasts while they're ratings soared and they raked in money. As former CBS head Les Moonves was heard saying: "This may not be good for the country but it's great for CBS!" Yeppers, profits over country.
The effect, as Moore shows, was to give Trump a gazillion hours of free advertising and air time, that helped his campaign immensely. How could it not? At one point in the film, perhaps one of the more disgusting in the media segment, we see the gathered network lapdogs and cameras all with bated breath while Dotard keeps them waiting for more than a half hour. The people's voices and protective "fourth estate"? More like trained dogs, so when Trump barks 'Jump!' they asked 'How high?'
Now, let's look at some of John Anderson's complaints.
- "One of the chief plaints of 11/ 9 - in which he trashes Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, The New York Times. the entire Democratic establishment - is about the media's slavish attention to Mr. Trump in a movie devoted to Mr. Trump"
But see, the movie was not "devoted to Trump" but rather foursquare devoted to exposing all the ways our system broke down to pave the way for his bogus selection (by the Electoral college, see .e. g.
So, from Obama's Flint MI hijinks, fake drinking its river water, ordering a live fire exercise, to HRC keeping a low profile in key Midwest states (WI, MI), to the D-establishment rigging the game against Bernie using the superdelegate system (and even more recently Dem centrist Steny Hoyer telling a young Colorado candidate from the 6th congressional district to get with the program) we see none of Anderson's "plaints" have a leg to stand on.
The last complaint about the media's slavish attention to Trump when Moore's film is about him is particularly enraging, given it conflates two separate elements: The media's genuine giving Trump millions of hours of free air time during the 2016 election, vs. Moore making a 125 minute film - of which maybe 30 mins. at most treats Trump's antics - but in a negative way, to inspire citizen response. That is why I refer to the film as an anthem to action, for progressives to get off of butts and VOTE November 6th.
- "There's more than a little bait and switch going on in Fahrenheit 11/9 and it raises the question of exactly what Mr. Moore is, other than a propagandist. He's not a journalist except of the aggregator variety."
But aggregators are critically important because they deliver point of view and a needed perspective. In this case of how our country is being adversely affected in multifold ways The aggregator then in many ways is like the scientific researcher, say in solar physics preparing a paper on solar flare formation- who first provides an array of historical background snippets and examples. These then pave the way to showing the value of the current work, say offering a flare model based on current sheets, while also delivering an overall perspective of the flare phenomenon.
In the same way, Moore's collection of scenes - from the Snyder takeover of the Michigan cities of Pontiac. Detroit, Flint etc., to the Flint water debacle itself, to the media's slavish treatment and use of Trump for ratings, to the striking teachers of West Virginia, and the Parkland school tragedy and kids response- all weave toward a coherent whole, a point of view that helps us understand what's going on in this country.
If one looks at similar other efforts by aggregators, e.g. Josh Fox's 'Gasland II', e.g.
One sees that the same method applies. To save time, and not have a 1,000 hour documentary, one selects the most meaningful examples and stitches them together in a coherent whole to forge a viewpoint. The name of such a person who does this sort of thing then, whether Josh Fox or Michael Moore, is a documentarian.
- "Almost the entire movie is lifted from other sources, and then edited in a way that makes his enemies look as foolish as possible."
This complaint is really,, truly imbecilic, because what he describes - at least in terms of using other source - is exactly what the aggregator Documentary maker does! It's what Josh Fox did too in 'Gasland' and 'Gasland II'. So one wonders what planet Anderson inhabits. As for the editing, there isn't a damned thing wrong with it, having myself seen many of the same scenes, e.g. of the lead catastrophe and brown water in Flint, on the nightly news. Did Moore have the prescience to put the scenes together in a cogent way? Yes, of course! So what? That is what he's there to do in order to underscore the account and theme of the movie, that we are in fire alarm mode with Trump's residency. Besides as Anderson then finally admits: "It's not as if Moore has no leg to stand on. ..his was the most prominent liberal voice warning of Mr. Trump's appeal to Midwest voters."
Jeez, on behalf of Mike, thanks for small favors, you blockhead!
And as if to support my contention he's a blockhead:
"And if Moore is going to castigate Mrs. Clinton for her various electoral missteps - shouldn't he mention that despite losing the Electoral College she won the popular vote."
He DID mention it, you fucking Dodo! In fact, he devoted a whole 6 minute segment to it, This featured the "baby coffins" full of the states' electoral votes being carted in for final verification and counting with Moore's voice noting "and this should be the end of this" noting that Hillary grabbed 3 million more votes and that the EC was a carryover from the "slave masters" days.
The most sensational tour de force is near the end showing Hitler in one of his many rants but mouthing Trump's own words, directed to his idiot base. There is also a set of film integrated of the last days of the Weimar Republic before Hitler brought it down, using many of the same mass mind appeal techniques Trump is employing now Pay special attention to the interview with Ben Ferencz - a Chief Prosecutor for the Nuremberg Trials- and the fears raised now, especially in the Trump separation of children from parents which holds eerie similarities to how the Nazis did the same t their concentration camps.
The most idiotic comment of Anderson's I saved for last, writing of Michael Moore:
"Some might even say he's the left's version of Donald Trump."
No, see uh... Michael Moore has a functioning brain!
The very fact a paid hack like John Anderson couldn't handle this film is reason enough to see it. But in terms of content and insights (some of which not even Janice was aware of) any citizen who misses it will regret it, especially in the run up to the midterms.
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