Madonna played the “girl next door” card from her dwindling deck this week.
The pop sensation returned to her Michigan roots to premiere “I Am Because We Are,’ a new documentary she produced about Malawi orphans.I’d kill to hear the audio from her appearance. Did she affect the local accent or stick to her new British one?
She also made time to hug Michael Moore, the “documentary” director who co-founded the festival where the film was shown.
What did Madonna have to say about Moore?
There aren’t a lot of role models for us in the world, or people we can look up to,” she said. “People who are not afraid to stick their neck out, people who are not afraid to stand up for things and be unpopular, to go against the grain, think outside the box.
“And we need, and I need, Michael Moore in my life.
Was this the same Michael Moore who once said this?
The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not ‘insurgents’ or ‘terrorists’ or ‘The Enemy.’ They are the revolution, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow—and they will win.
Yeah. We need a lot more people like him.
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I try to imagine what would have happened if the Soviets had acted upon their notion that we were an immoral, unfair country with an oppressive govt. that kept poor people poor … and what if they had successfully invaded. And then I try to imagine how I’d have acted … Red Dawn comes to mind.
Wolverines.
Perhaps bombing and occupying someone else’s country doesn’t earn the love and adoration of all involved. Perhaps the idea of voting leaders into power and separating religion and government is a foreign topic to some people, as foreign as if someone tried to install communism or a theocracy in this country.
Just sayin’ maybe we’re not always right. And I think there will always be a need for people to show us a different view.
I also happen to think Madonna was great in Desperately Seeking Susan.
Chase I hope you’re not going to pull out the ole “dissent is the greatest form patriotism” line.
Moore’s a propagandist and an admitted socialist, EVERYTHING he’s ever done has trashed the U.S.. On top of that he out and out lies in his films to be able to do it.
Moore is someone we don’t need.
Regarding Madonna, celebrities are in the business of selling themselves, fair enough. She on the other hand whore’s herself out, there’s a difference.
I’m not pulling any line, I’m abivalent about Michael Moore’s political bent, I thought his tv show, TV Nation, was entertaining, and I still find Roger and Me funny, but I had no interest in watching a movie about health care … I wouldn’t let him dictate my politics any more than I’d let Oliver Stone teach me history.
And I think there *is* always room for some one who can present a dissenting voice. Even his supporters will admit W isn’t aways right, hell I’ll bet he’d admit his made some missteps along the way, same with any other leader of any party. When you start making people with opinions outlaws, only outlaws will have opinions … or something like that.
If you don’t like Michael Moore’s movies, you shouldn’t watch them, life’s too short to be bored. But I respect his right to make whatever he wants, I suppose that’s how we ended up with Pluto Nash … sigh.
I’ve always felt Madonna was one creepy lady. Her comments about protecting her own children from the same artistic influences she beams into the public’s homes validated that. Her “slut chic” style, aided and abetted by MTV has done more damage in terms of broken and tarnished lives than 9/11. The only saving grace was that she was obviously a fifth rate intellect, and therefore likely her enablers should take the lion’s share of the blame.
As for Madonna providing an “alternative point of view” would that all liberal commentators were as intelligent. They would have been laughed off the air years ago.
Chase, IMHO the problem with Moore’s movies is they are taken at face value by many. While you or I may be more discrimating in what we take away from his films a good many people aren’t. That’s what makes his politics relevent.
I find some of his films very entertaining, he’s a good filmmaker. But there is a difference between expressing dissent and hatred.
I wouldn’t want to censor Moore,don’t want him blacklisted or anything along those lines, but he’s not someone we need making films.
Great discussion, all. And while it’s fine for someone to step up and offer differing views, it’s quite another to have that person lie/distort every step of the way. That’s how many people see Moore. Yet he wins rave reviews, worldwide accolade and the occasional Oscar. Heck, he sat next to President Jimmy Carter at the last DNC, if memory serves. That just ain’t right, no matter where you stand on the ideological aisle.
Thinking of the sum of money between Madonna and Moore (Madonna’s much more but nonetheless), how could much water does their working-class roots shtick hold? Not much, methinks.
I’ve read so much in the conservative press about Moore’s not-so blue collar lifestyle, but it never trickles into the MSM.
And yeah, it’s like Jennifer Lopez doing the “I’m just Jenny from the block” shtick. Do you know anyone from your block who lives a life even remotely like hers?