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Summary: Michael Moore's Just Like You. . . .Really. . .
Review: Michael Moore doesn't really care if you agree with him, he wants either your sympathy or to piss you off.You're not agreeing with him, you're exalting him. The giveaway? When booed at the Academy Awards, he claimed that it was coming from the cheap-seats...you know, the ignorant American public, otherwise known as you and me.
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Summary: Michael should stick to film
Review: I should preface my review by saying I am a huge Michael Moore fan. His films "Rodger and Me" and "Canadian Bacon" were great. His tv shows TV nation and The Awful Truth were also excellent. This book is not. This books is tirade against corporate america, which is expected. What is not expected is that it is not funny. There are attempts at humor like trading cards of corporate criminals that just don't make anybody laugh. So besides humor a good tirade needs to be hard hitting. There are a few moments where some references to NAFTA really make the world look ugly, or when layoffs really seem unncessary. However, the hard hitting things are few and far between. If you are a really hardcore Michael Moore fan you might like this book, but for the casual Michael Moore fan it is a too poorly written.
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Summary: An often funny book with a compassionate but narrow view.
Review: I picked up this book recently, and although the political climate is quite dated, the basic premise of his worldview comes through clearly. The book is written is a rapid fire quick sound bite burst approach, and is therefore quite an easy read. I found myself saying "yes!" and then quickly in the next chapter "no!" just as passionately. Why? Let me give you a couple quick examples of his thinking, which are in the end quite narrow and one-sided most of the time. He spends a better portion of the book (hence the title) bashing the Corporate America practice of sacrificing the working person on the alter of profitability. He uses the closures of the auto makers and the devastating effects on Flint, Michigan, where many of the fine folks worked. OK, fair enough. I can agree with him that this practice on paper looks horrific, and no doubt often is. However, what he fails to present though is a big picture look at why this really happens. For example: a car manufacturer closes a Flint Michigan plant and opens one in Mexico where labor is cheaper. Thus thousands of Americans, hard working middle class patriots, are out of work. The Company then declares that it's profits rise by some obscene amount and awards its leader with obscene amounts of money. I can see his compassion for these working class people, and agree with it and admire it. However, what is he really saying? Does he really just ignore the fact that those same people, who are now out of work, practiced behavior as "consumers" that drove this change? Are all Americans willing to pay higher prices for certain products just so the people who make them stay employed or make more money? Sometimes, but the majority of consumers expect a better product for less money and thus Companies must comply or be out of business. True, Corporate America exhibits precious little ethical responsibility for the lives of those workers whose labor put them there, and the pay differentials between the senior leaders and workers is obscene and completely despicable, but the argument truly is more complex than Mike Moore offers here. Another amazing dichotomy of thought is his celebration, yes really "celebration", of abortion. Somehow Mr. Moore feels that the practice of killing ones unborn child is a cause for celebration? How he correlates this with his compassion for the hard working people who are mistreated by some faceless entity called Corporate America is truly a mystery and never explained. Overall, the book is well written and quite funny. He hits some home runs with his exposure of the unethical behavior that is Corporate America and its system of rewarding the few on the backs of the many. But sadly, the forest view here illuminates a socialistic worldview and too little actual thinking through of issues. Mike Moore reacts, and hits back emotionally. Sometimes he hits the mark, sometimes he misses, and sometimes he is just totally wrong, but he certainly has a likeable style in doing so.
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Summary: Hilarious, foaming-at-the-mouth ranting
Review: Michael Moore has for more than 20 years served as one of America's most critical, humorous and important political watch-dogs. In this work, Moore confronts what he has determined to be the real evil in America--rampant, unmitigated capitalism and the CEOs who continue to rape and pillage the American working class. In a time where the liberal agenda so often distances itself from the stereotypically "less enlightened" working class, Moore unabashedly places the plight of the working person at the center of his critique. That he is able to do it with humor is only an added bonus. Kudos, Mr. Moore! Your points are well taken.
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Summary: Funny, enjoyable read
Review: Michael Moore has a sense of humor I really get a kick out of. I found his book to be very funny and I even learned a thing or two. Interesting stuff. You will probably not feel the same way though if you are a Republican or a big supporter of corporate downsizing.
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Summary: I want to say to michael: Thanks for being OUR voice !
Review: I have read michael's books... and i want to say how thankful that he is there for us, the MAJORITY of americans who have been COMPLETELY left in the dark as to what a sham is happening to america today ! michael, keep it up, the people will take back america from the corporate/administration/oilcompany/despots_in_the_white_house tyranny that reigns most powerful in america today. caesar, [German dictator], saddam, nixon, bush 1....all of them had their day and then came the people then took it back and had to rebuild it back up again and again and again -- and it takes 10-50 years each time to do it. ... ...
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Summary: A rich liberal shows his hipocracy.
Review: It gets tiring to read a book that is no more than a rant against corporate America and the rich fat cats. He fails to inform readers that he has become a "rich fat cat" by the writing and publication of his lies. This fool has corporate distribution for his films and for this very book. Hipocracy is hipocracy and stupidity is stupidity anyway you cut it. I guess every company once it sees a certain ammount of success should be punished and shut down because true success is evil. A true communist should prove his stand by not using the very corporate system he decries for his personal gain. Even if your idealogies are off, your dedication to follow them through show your true make up. This simple fact proves the transparency and fleeting nature of his whole argument. Rational people can see this, without any effort. Why can't enemies of America venture beyond our Borders, I would love to see this logic standing on a soapbox on the east side of the Brandenburg gate in the early 80's.
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Summary: Very Liberal But Fun
Review: This is the second book of his that I have read and it has proven to be as funny and smart as Stupid White Men. The author is a die-hard liberal who for some reason thinks all of Americas troubles are wrapped up in corporate America. The real joy of the book is his off the wall sense of humor and the crazy things he does to prove his point. He not only writes an opinion about a topic but he figures out ways to test them in real life. It makes for funny reading if not real deep. The format is like his TV show with short quick chapters that might not prove his point but at least get it out. My only complaint with the book is that his very real compassion for the average working man and his strong Democratic / liberal viewpoints tend to push common sense a little to the right. Sure there are issues with big business but they are not the ones that create the environment and the rules - that falls to the politicians. I think he should focus his anti big business and the decreasing standard of living for average working people on the politicians that have created the environment we are currently in. I am also surprised at how much he dislikes Pat Buchanan given that Pat has put out a book basically talking about some of the same business related topics that this author is, and surprise hey agree on the problems. Overall this is a nice funny book that does not make you work too hard.
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Summary: Funny and scary
Review: This book is very funny, and the things it points out that are wrong with this country are more than a little scary. The extent to which the government and big business are in bed together should make any American's blood run cold. This book is perfect for the increasingly typical apathetic American voter. They stop voting because of how bad it is, but this bopok helps convice them that 1) it's much worse than you think, and 2) you have more power than you think to change things. And I understand the criticism of this book completely. No one wants to believe that the prosperity enjoyed by the upper 5% has come at such a horrible cost. It is a difficult task to face the facts about the decline of our system, and it is even harder to realize the way some of us have benefitted financially from the exploitation of the working poor. It's far easier to just shut our eyes to the problems and call Mr. Moore names. Because if he's right (he is), that would mean facing hard facts about ourselves and our counrty. From reading the reviews here, I can see that this is something many are still unable to do. And this denial is precisely the lubricant greasing the rails on our country's downward slide. Read this book. If you find yourself thinking "This CAN'T be true," just try to open your mind one iota, just for a minute, and ask yourself: What if it is true? What then?
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Summary: Give me a break
Review: This guy gets a bigger kick out of seeing himself that he does about really reporting news and events accurately. He is nothing more than the Rush Limbaugh of the left ... just more obnoxious. I you dislike Republicans or white males, you will love this book.
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