Moore would like to bring Fidel Castro to the Oscars?!?!
Please bear with me here… I have a torn-up shoulder and can’t type very well at the moment, but when I saw this story I had to tap this out for the site. Apparently, Michael Moore has a new mission… he wants to bring Fidel Castro to the Academy Awards:
Moore’s Oscar-nominated documentary on the health care industry ends with a trip to Cuba, where he seeks care for a group of Nine-Eleven responders who’ve had health problems.
Moore told AP Television he’s been trying to figure out how to get Castro into the Oscars, and Castro’s resignation as leader of Cuba comes with great timing. Moore says now Castro can come to L.A. and be Moore’s guest at the Academy Awards and maybe even get to give an acceptance speech—as long as he keeps it under five hours.
As most of you might know by now, Fidel Castro recently “resigned” as the President of Cuba and handed over the governmental reigns to his brother, Raul. Raul Castro has in fact been running Cuba for some time now due to Fidel’s health issues, so this isn’t a monumental change for the Cuban people, who remain horrifically oppressed, starved, and completely controlled by the governmental machine. I’ve written extensively about Cuba for Moorewatch in the past, so my passionate hatred for Castro and all he and his government have done to destroy the people of Cuba is no secret. Indeed, I have openly stated that Moore’s trip to Cuba in “Sicko” made him a Castro collaborator and demonstrated that he, on some level, supports Castro’s despicable treatment of the Cuban people.
Moore’s statements about bringing Castro to the Academy Awards proves most every allegation I have made towards him in regards to his trip and attitude towards Cuba. The fact that Moore wishes to bring a Communist dictator, a mass murderer, a man who systematically slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people in order to establish his totalitarian government is not only offensive to me as an American but a huge slap in the face to all Cubans and Cuban-Americans who have fought their way out of Cuba over the last fifty years. Clearly Moore has no regard whatsoever for the feelings of the thousands of Cuban-Americans and Cuban refugees whose lives and families have been destroyed by this monster, and this cavalier attitude just disgusts me to no end. It seems that whatever will bring Moore press is a good thing, no matter who it might hurt or offend.
Once again… shame on you, Michael Moore. Shame on you indeed.
UPDATE: I just thought of something that really makes the idea of Moore bringing Castro to the Academy Awards this year even *more* repugnant, if that’s even possible.
As some of you will know, I published a long series of articles about the extraordinarily talented dissident Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas. In the year 2000, director Julian Schnabel brought the story of Reinaldo Arenas to the silver screen with his film “Before Night Falls”, an adaptation of Arenas’ memoirs by the same name. In the movie Arenas was played so well by the talented Javier Bardem that he won an Oscar nomination for his performance.
How does this movie made nearly a decade ago connect to Moore’s desire to bring Castro to the Oscars this year? Simple, really. This year, Julian Schnabel is up for Best Director for his work in “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, and of course Javier Bardem is the favorite to take home the Best Actor in a Supporting Role statue for his astounding performance in “No Country for Old Men”. So… Moore would like sit Castro just rows away from the man who brought Reinaldo Arenas’ story to the world and the man who immersed himself so deeply in the tortured soul of Reinaldo that he won an Oscar nomination for his work. Can you imagine the effect having Castro so close to them would have on both of these men, on what should be one of the happiest nights of their lives? How selfish and thoughtless could Moore possibly be?
I am, quite simply, disgusted beyond words.
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I can’t believe this. He must be missing the limelight to say something so dumb.
Hope the shoulder gets better!
I agree with MikeS on both counts. Moore has to be grasping at anything that will get his ugly mug back in the news.
Bringing Castro to the US---I know a lot of people who’d love that idea. If they heard that it was going to happen, they’d be sitting up, polishing their EBKWOMD (aka rifles) and taking time off to go to the range and hone their marksmanship.
Not that I’d do anything of the sort myself...*innocent look*
While I wouldn’t put it past Moore to try it, I think he’s joking here. Well, I hope he’s joking here…
Why would Castro want to do something like that anyway? Isn’t he supposed to be against the kind of lavish excess symbolized by Hollywood? Going to such an event would be against everything he’s about. If he went, all the mass slaughter and brutal repression would be in vain.
While I wouldn’t put it past Moore to try it, I think he’s joking here.
I wish he’d tell that “joke” to a Cuban-American family from Miami that has relatives suffering under the Castro regime. I’d love to see how fast the big bastard can duck. Some fat dudes can surprise you with their quickness.
Probably said it so he could get an extra seat for himself. I’m not sure but I think he has gotten fatter.
Moore should offer himself as a flotation device to Cubans desperate to escape Castro’s rule.
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He wants to bring Castro there, get him up on stage, so that all of the Hollywood elite, living in their giant mansions and million-dollar apartments and sniffling over the plight of the little man, can applaud him.
He wants to bring Castro to America, so that America can see a lot of entertainment icons give him a standing ovation.
HE WANTS CASTRO PUBLICLY LAUDED IN THE UNITED STATES.
Just… fuck. Why won’t he DIE?!