tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post3630476573058530481..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Brunatblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-41666862622288347892009-06-29T16:55:36.030-07:002009-06-29T16:55:36.030-07:00Yeah, apparently, like Obama, there's nothing ...Yeah, apparently, like Obama, there's nothing funny about Muslims.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-37707447488763278562009-06-29T14:16:42.605-07:002009-06-29T14:16:42.605-07:00I'm not surprised Cohen's work has been so...I'm not surprised Cohen's work has been so popular. I think there's a pretty easy formula to follow if you want to be critically acclaimed. It has everything to do with picking the right targets, and Cohen has been very crafty in this respect, if not original. The bastard.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-40285466959041952852009-06-29T11:21:20.397-07:002009-06-29T11:21:20.397-07:00Edjy--
It is a collection of garbage--as is all M...Edjy--<br /><br />It <i>is</i> a collection of garbage--as is all Moore's stuff. But it's garbage often presented brilliantly. <br /><br /><i>Roger and Me</i> isn't about the destruction of the auto industry, it's about how the country is run by corporations and rubes and crooked Republicans who can't be trusted. Moore's stuff is never exactly laser-like in its focus; it's all part of a mishmash of statist ideas, hate the rich stuff (and make me rich while I'm encouraging you to hate the rich).<br /><br />None of his stunts hold up once you get past the spectacle. (That was something I realized on the first episode of "TV Nation" where, within days of NAFTA being passed, he was trolling northern Mexico bitching about how it hadn't improved things.)<br /><br />I don't know that much about "Candid Camera": I'm sure it wasn't <i>as</i> mean, perhaps not mean at all, even. (There were rip-offs, of that era that I think certainly were transgressive in ways that might not be considered mean.) Still made me a bit uncomfortable.<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-59460797192881418372009-06-29T04:33:25.791-07:002009-06-29T04:33:25.791-07:00I have to disagree with you about 'Roger and M...I have to disagree with you about 'Roger and Me'.<br /><br />I had heard that it was a great film about the destruction of the American automobile industry, as shown by what happened to Flint, Michigan.<br /><br />What I found it to be was a collection of garbage. I can't remeber now if I even watched the whole thing (it was better than 15 years ago), but I do remember watching the first half-hour constantly thinking; this HAS to get better. And it never did.<br /><br />Also, the difference between 'Borat' and Candid Camera- Candid Camera was never out to be mean and degrading to people. Cohen is, which is why I find him unwatchable.<br /><br />By the way, you have some great stuff here; always enjoyable reading.An Edjamikated Redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881476802902468670noreply@blogger.com