So it’s really no wonder Moore has, essentially, promised to make improvements to the film… by removing
himself from it as much as possible.
Wow. I guess he’s not as completely out of touch with the public as I’d thought.

From Reuters;

In a world of over-inflated egos, a consolation prize goes to Michael Moore, who shared his tips on how to shorten his film “Captain Mike Across America”. Moore said he has a sign up in the edit suite that says: “When in doubt, cut me out”.
“Trust me, the last thing you want to do is make a film about yourself and see yourself up there on the screen when you look like this,” Moore told reporters at a news conference promoting his film “Captain Mike Across America.”
“I’m sitting there watching (the premiere)… slinking down in my seat… ‘this is SO PAINFUL’,” said Moore, who was dressed in his usual get-up of baseball cap, T-shirt, shorts and running shoes.

Well, I’ve got to say this to our favorite Price of Propaganda; you’re right, Mikey. Seeing you on the
big (or little) screen most certainly is painful.

Still, I’m just not biting on the whole, “when in doubt, cut me out” garbage.
Does this Guru of God-Complexes really think anyone’s buying that he wasn’t aiming for some serious
ego stroking with this flick?
C’mon, now… Michael Moore saying the last thing he wants to do is make a movie about himself?

Really...???

Isn’t that kinda like Bill Clinton telling you that the last thing he wants is a couple of stewardesses
with low-self esteem, oral fixations and a lime jell-o covered slip-n-slide?
(For the record, I’m with Billy-bob on that one.)

Sorry, Mikey… but if could even spell h-u-m-i-l-t-y, would this film even exist?

Well, I’ve got a tip for the Davison Deciever;

When your own fans turn their nose up at your Celluloid Subterfuge, maybe it’s time for a
touch of self-reflection, no?
(I’d have used the term “soul searching”, but I think it would be harder to find your soul than it would
Al Gore’s sense of hypocrisy...)

Besides… from everything I’ve heard about the film to date, it seems that without Mike’s mug
in the shot, all you’re left with is a poorly-shot 30 minute concert film and a few Mike-praising
celebutards.
If anyone were interested in paying for that, then the Dixie Chicks’ title-plagiarizing “Shut Up and Sing”
would have managed to gross more than the cost of a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Anyway… Monkey Bizniz for 9/16/07:

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