MICHAEL MOORE GETS NO OSCAR NOMINATION; LEFTY BLOGGERS YAWN [01/25 02:01 PM]
So chalk me up as one of the folks who was really surprised that Oscar voters didn't give â Å“Fahrenheit 9/11â ? a Best Picture nomination.
(You know what's also blowing my mind? The awards and nominations for â Å“Sideways.â ? It was an entertaining enough (but irrepressibly snobby) little movie, but its plot point of having Virginia Madsen's character passionately attracted to Paul Giamatti's loser, and Sandra Oh's character's relentless enthusiasm for jumping into bed with Lowell from â Å“Wingsâ ? make this movie not merely fiction but Science Fiction/Fantasy.)
But here's an interesting dog that isn't barking... Michael Moore gets passed over for the big award he coveted... and the lefty bloggers aren't up in arms. In fact, nobody on the left is talking about Moore today.
I still strongly believe that no blogger is obligated to write about any topic, but I just find it interesting that web personalities who one would think would be big Michael Moore fans are collectively shrugging their shoulders over this. You know a lot of Christian conservatives are grumbling about the three nominations in technical categories for â Å“The Passion of the Christ,â ? and Kathryn's already noted this on the Corner.
Nothing (so far) at Eschaton, Daily Kos, James Wolcott, Josh Marshall, Kevin Drum, Matthew Yglesias, Tapped, The Left Coaster... Did I miss some Moore fans? I realize most of these guys are policy wonks, but none of them has any take or opinion on Hollywood's elite giving the thumbs-down to the most prominent anti-Bush piece of work from the past year?
Also, so far, nobody at the New Republic, who called for Democrats to reject the heavyweight documentarian, is gloating...
Infanteer said:In my mind, a better way to challenge policies would be to present the material in a manner that says "Look, this isn't really the best way to go about things, you are the C-in-C, so see what we have to say". In this manner, you would engage Republicans who are not really keen on the chosen path as well, creating a much stronger piece of political commentary.
S_Baker said:I'd kick his goat smelling *** all the way to his multi-million dollar Manhattan Apartment What a piece of work he is, he is such a liar and fraud....he needs to be called out, him and all of his double chins!
What a fat F***!
When you're finished with him, I hope you plan on marching to Washington as well. There's a big Bush that could use a good pruning.
Steel toed boots should work just fine.
Ironic that someone who criticizes white men for being greedy SOB's who use people for their own profit .. has done the same.
Working on Blood in the Face inspired Moore to make his own documentary. A year later, before he began Roger and Me, Moore called on Rafferty for a tutorial. Rafferty taught Moore how to use a camera and helped to shoot and edit the film. Moore subsequently discovered not only that Rafferty had friends in high places but that the phrase "friends in high places" was a gross understatement: Rafferty's uncle is George Herbert Walker Bush.
There's a scene in Fahrenheit 9/11 where George W. Bush, during an early campaign event, spots Moore in the crowd and shouts, "Why don't you go find real work?" "Right before that line, he was going, 'Heyyy, Mike,' " Moore says, accentuating his Dubya impression with a wink and a stagy finger-point. "Kevin's his cousin. They had a screening of Roger and Me at Camp David." Moore chuckles, then continues, deadpan, "I'm grateful to any family that helped me become a filmmaker. I can never forget that."