Just wanted to add my voice to the Mike Moore fans (maybe we should call ourselves Mooreons :-) I think he is unequivocally A Good Thing, for all that he is occasionally a tad hamfisted in his approach. I doubt that he would claim to be a social historian or close political/cultural analyst like Ch*msky. His brilliance is as a polemicist, and as such Bowling For Columbine is a work of genius. That said, he is clearly pretty smart, and the first two chapters of Stupid White Men, in particular, are jaw-droppingly compelling.
I think it speaks well of the Hollywood machine that, despite their frequently fudged, politically motivated Oscar decisions and inherent conservatism (with small "c"), they still recognised this film as a great work and chose to honour it, despite knowing that he would not behave "appropriately" on the big night. Azeem in London NP: Christine Collister - Point Scarlet
