I saw F911 in Torrance, CA, where I live. It's home to the oil industry, the
military/aerospace industry, two mega malls, many medium-sized malls, an infinite
number of mini-malls, and every chain store you'd ever want. Quite suburban, with all
sorts of middle-class housing (and American flags, not just this weekend). The theater
sold out on a Wednesday night, while the audience was very happy with the movie. I
didn't do a poll, but there were at least two family pairs of fathers taking their
daughters to see the truth about Iraq. (Of course, in LA, a "daughter" of an old guy
might be a paramour or a trophy wife, but that wasn't true in these cases.)
jd
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Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Skewering "Fahrenheit 9/11"
Michael Hoover wrote:
>first problem with above article: venue & environment that author viewed
>film,
>get out some man, go see film in mass. equivalents of kissimmee fl,
>ocala, fl, eustis, fl (places where film is playing, towns where no
>films like this ever play)...
I saw it in Danvers, Mass., on a visit to the in-laws. Not exactly
Kissimmee, I don't think, but a long way from Northampton, too.
Though there were some members of "the choir" in the audience, most
weren't. And the reaction was vocal, emotional, and quite positive.
Visiting my father in suburban NJ yesterday, we overheard a sweet
gray-haired lady in a chain steakhouse urging fellow diners to see
the movie. She was wearing a powder-blue suit, not a "George Bush,
war criminal" t-shirt.
>so what does article leave readers with, self-congratulatory air of
>author who is able to see michael moore for what he 'really' is, like
>wow... michael hoover
It leaves readers like me with the feeling that Valentine is
repackaging cheap envy as a critique.
Doug
