Michael Moore: "The Fascist Liberal"

A terrific takedown of Michael "Knuckles Is Too Busy To Come Up With A Gut-Covering-The-Small-Wiener Gag" Moore and Jehane Noujaim's Control Room by Armond White over at the New York Press. Armond is no conservative Republican himself, making the criticism especially pointed.

"To pretend that Fahrenheit 9/11 is a work of art is disingenuous. Moore himself is part of the punditocracy that, like unscrupulous politicians, solicits trite sentiment. His exploitative title doesn't measure temperature; it disgraces that sorrowful date just to inflame liberal guilt."

"...sarcastic invective Moore offers in place of argument."

"Moore knows that his pseudo-serious audience doesn't want debate. Their mandate is for superficial provocation: Slam Bush and the war so we don't have to ponder our own capitalism or unwillingness to fight."

White makes valid criticisms while still being wrong about key assumptions...much like a member of a religious sect can make accurate observations about another religious sect while never proving the validity of his own beliefs.

Jean-Luc Godard once famously said, "Every edit is a political act." But Godard's denunciation of Fahrenheit 9/11 was ignored by a U.S. media fawning over its Cannes victory (the latest Harvey Weinstein promotional stunt, facilitated by stooge Quentin [Tarantino]).

Ahh, but why is Knuckles hogging all the good 'graphs? There are way more. Check it out.