6.29.2004

Why is Everyone So Scared About Fahrenheit 911?

They have police in the lobbies or taking tickets at several of the theatres who braved the tirade of the right trying to stop the showing of the movie. I'm sorry. That's just intimidating. I have read no cases of situations where violence or problems occurred that people were needed. And Moore's film is showing in a fraction of the number of theaters that are showing films like "White Chicks".

Different groups are trying to prevent Moore from advertising.

One group today wants to close down the movie throughout the country because a few theaters are letting kids under 17 in (when they were allowing this for the Passion, it was fine).

Now we learn the Motion Picture Association of America cut the main line of a review blurb for Fahrenheit 911 because it said "everyone" in the sentence would invite kids to see the film. Then they refused to review their decision.

Besides the fact that all this terrible behavior has probably only served to drive up ticket sales to Moore's movie, it's just wrong If, as so many say, this is just a propaganda film with no truth, why would anyone be afraid to let others see it? Hell, some have even argued that Moore made up that stuff about Bush continuing to sit in the classroom on 9/11 after planes hit the WTC. What? That's taken right from a teacher's video. I saw it on the Web more than a year ago, possibly even before I heard Moore had this film coming out.