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Oprah puts a lid on Moore… for now

It seems I’m not the only one who’s been wondering why Michael Moore has been nearly silent in these crucial weeks before the US release of his new movie, “Capitalism: A Love Story”. When a reporter from the LA Times tried to get an interview with the usually boisterous Moore, he was told Moore wasn’t talking… for now:

But Moore has been strangely silent in this run-up and the LA Times’ Patrick Goldstein has learned that he plans to keep a lid on it for weeks to come no less.

When Goldstein called Overture Films, Moore’s distributor to arrange an interview, he was told that the filmmaker would sit for interviews after the premiere, but the pieces would all be embargoed Sept. 23rd, the day the film opens in New York and Los Angeles.

“Why? Because Moore is doing a sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, which won’t air until Sept. 22. And if Oprah wants an exclusive, she gets it, since when it comes to books, movies or music, no one offers a better promotional platform than La Winfrey.”

There is perhaps no bigger winner here than Barack Obama, who is trying to persuade America that his health care package is not a socialist takeover of their lives. He will get a precious few weeks wherein Michael Moore is not clogging up the airwaves with his caricature of Middle American GOP fears. A conspiratorial mind might even wonder of Miss Winfrey is slyly doing her old pal on Pennsylvania Ave. a solid.

The conclusion this reporter reached in the last paragraph above is certainly intriguing. With Obama’s health care plan going down in flames and the tea parties heating up left, right, and center, one must wonder if keeping Moore quiet for these precious few weeks might in fact be advantageous to Obama. Of course, having Oprah give Moore such a solid and far-reaching platform is just as good of a reason for Moore’s silence - after all, who helps artists out more than Oprah? Moore does have a couple of appearances scheduled before the big Winfrey interview on the 22nd, but as they were scheduled before snagging the Oprah spot they will air as scheduled.

Silence from Moore before his movie is released. Now there’s something I never thought I’d hear. ;)

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