If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, one must conclude that Russell Brand is one of Michael Moore’s biggest fans. Opening today at the IFC Center in New York, “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is one of the many documentaries that have be made in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Like a British remake of Moore’s “Capitalism: a love story”, Brand is featured in just about every minute of the film calling attention to bankster criminality and the suffering of the poor, especially the council housing denizens who are to him as the people of Flint were to Moore.
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