Rick & Debbie Do Moore
Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine, the director/producer team who did The Frank Truth and Citizen Black, have done a new documentary on Michael Moore.
It is called "Manufacturing Dissent".
Hm... Gee... I wonder what it's about?
Yes, indeed, the straight skinny, so far, is that Michael Moore is no Conrad Black in terms of his eagerness to talk, to spill, to go on and on. And on and on. And on some more. And some more. More. Again. More.
Cripes, as Rick & Debbie's luck would have it - he's not even Roger Smith. Because, get this - in Manufacturing Dissent, they make the claim that Moore interviewed Smith on camera TWICE. But the scenes were left on the cutting room floor - FOR GREATER DRAMATIC EFFECT.
Well, yeah - where have you two been? What would have been the point of Roger & Me if Michael Moore had actually interviewed Roger Smith?
"So, I went looking for Roger Smith to have a talk with him about what he was doing to Flint, Michigan. I interviewed him and he said, 'Look around, pal. Are you saying *I* did this to Flint, Michigan? I'm just a business man. I don't do urban planning.' And so you have it. Roger Smith is a business man. Not an urban planner."
But here's Rick & Debbie's moment of truth. Be warned, if your name is Pollyanna Sunshine, you probably shouldn't read this next paragraph:
"When we started this project we hoped to have done a documentary that celebrated Michael Moore. We were admirers and fans," said Debbie Melnyk, who made the film with her husband, Rick Caine. "Then we found out certain facts about his documentaries that we hadn't known before. We ended up very disappointed and disillusioned."
Haha! "Disappointed and disillusioned". You two must be REAL lefties! Haha! Wait until you find out Al Gore's energy bill is so high on account of - wait for it - endangered species take longer to cook! And to get just the right flavour - you need to use coal furnaces!
But seriously, and I mean this in all sincerity - the important thing for you to know, Dear Reader, is that I met Rick and Debbie through a mutual friend and extra in "The Frank Truth" (who shall remain nameless for privacy porpoises, as in "NO GROUPIES ALLOWED ON MY BLOG!!!!!"). And since they are 1) a Director and 2) a Producer, it means I have met a Director AND a Producer. In fact, not only have I met a Director and a Producer, but we were V.I.P. guests of theirs (thern?) at the Montreal Film Festival screening of Citizen Black. The Toronto Film Festival took a pass. On account of it didn't want to upset his Lordship, I heard.
Toronto is SO Upper Canada College - isn't it?
What made the screening EXTRA cool was the presence of so many Conrad Black spies in the audience. Whoo-ee. That was some fun! We played "Spot the Spy" for two hours and still didn't get them all.
Anyway, I'm dying to see "Manufacturing Dissent". As a fan of Michael Moore (Madonna grew up in Flint, Michigan, too, dontcha know) AND a leftie (but not a REAL leftie, if you know what I mean) I will enjoy seeing him come across as a right royal asshole on the big screen. I'm Canadian, afterall. As far as I'm concerned - anybody who makes it in this world is just begging to be taken down a notch or two.
Yup. Thank Gawd for those cutting room floor interviews with Roger Smith is all I can say. Who wants to see Michael Moore, little guy schmuck, interviewing Roger Smith - big guy schmuck, anyways?
Not this leftie. I want to see a documentary of a little guy schmuck following a big guy schmuck around for two hours trying to get an interview.
To be honest, the worst parts of Citizen Black were the interviews with his Lordship. I suppose on account of how human he seems. I mean, if you don't believe me - see it. You'll view Conrad Black in a totally different light. No longer will he be just some rich bombastic blowhard up on charges of racketeering and obstruction of justice and Gawd knows what else, wielding his power and influence like a crowbar, bilking little old ladies and employees and shareholders alike out of millions upon millions of dollars.
You'll like him. You'll really like him. You'll even feel sorry for him. A bit. Of course, I'm not a little old lady, or a Dominion store employee, or a Hollinger shareholder, either, so what do I know about Conrad Black.
Anyway, I'm glad Michael Moore has finally been "done". He was fair game to me as soon as he revealed his rosy view of Canada and Canadians. Man, oh man - talk about leftie naivete. Somebody should have tipped off that Dumbfuck Yankee with this list of Canadians to give him a clue:
SaveOurJahbs!Jahbs!Jahbs!SupportConradBlack!
Coming soon, I hope: "Manufacturing Dissent". Another documentary worth seeing by Rick Caine & Debbie Melnyk.
Oh dear... I hope Michael Moore doesn't have friends in high places at the Toronto Film Festival...
