I'm Not the Devil, Just An Advocate

Okay peoples, I wanna say that I'm the dead last person ever to defend the Current Freaks in Charge of Washington, D.C. but ...

I have found a few unsavory tidbits on Our Man, Michael Moore. I think I'll number 'em:

1) After founding a prestigous alternative publication in Michigan, Michael Moore went to work for Mother Jones magazine in San Francisco in 1986. Same year, he clashed with management (who hasn't?) and was sacked. He was rumored to have received over $50,000 in a compensation settlement. I don't know about you, but to me, that may as well have been $5 million.

2) Moore then used the 50 grand, plus money he got from his folks and a mortgage on his house to make Roger and Me. He spent 3 years doing that and the budget reached $200,000+. Again, not small potatoes. He also admitted on Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect that he drew unemployment insurance for over six months while he was making the film.

3) When he finally sold Roger and Me (can't remember to who, maybe Miramax?), he was paid the princely sum of $2 million for the film.

4) He earned several million for making Canadian Bacon, which buried at the box office. He is rumored to have blamed the poor box office on the untimely death of its star, John Candy.

4) He hasn't lived in Flint, Michigan in years. He owns a $1.5 million apartment in New York overlooking Central Park and also owns property in London, ala Donald Trump.

I haven't seen Farenheit 9/11 yet. I still plan to. I'm sure it's a good, insightful political opinion but ...

... shit, it's like discovering Ghandi had a cocaine habit and a condo full of super models tucked away in Miami.

Boy, them annoying journalism school habits are hard to break.

-- Mz M.