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    The film talks about humanitarian care of Michael Moore, and the way that Moore distinguish between capitalism and the democracy. Moore says that Capitalism is evil, only democracy is good. On the other hand, without the basis of capitalism, how can democracy be a true democracy? Pure democracy is only ideal. Very countries with fake democracy

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    has become fully entrenched in our society, elevating itself to a deity. In the 2009 documentary, “Capitalism: A Love Story”, film maker Michael Moore advocates the “blasphemous” notion that capitalism is “evil”. Although the documentary targets an American audience, its representation of capitalist corruption resonates globally. Throughout the documentary Moore mercilessly critiques the status quo while illustrating his condemnation with stark portraits of suffering ensued by economic crises to question

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    Michael Moore is a wonderful director but, I honestly don’t think he deserve this award for Best Documentary Feature Film Because during his documentary he chose two random interview that so ever had no significance to each other. Moore takes seven different sentences from five different parts of Heston’s speech and splices them together to create one speech. Not to mention the infamous line “from my cold, dead hands.” This line was actually taken from a speech a year later when Heston was presented

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    Michael Moore’s documentary, Sicko, spotlights health care in America in contrast to health care in other countries. The documentary produces a significant understanding of continuous health care issues. The message Michael Moore is attempting to rely on society is that of the indecency within the healthcare industry. Michael Moore’s desperation and the call of action in the documentary are emphasized by his solid interest in sentiments. Moore models pathos by visiting other countries and seeing

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    Imagine a nation where one did not have to worry about deductibles, high monthly insurance rates, and being denied health care. Is this possible? Can the United States (U.S.) have this or is such a nation fiction? Michael Moore, known documentary filmmaker, set out on a mission. This mission was featured in his documentary, Sicko. The mission consisted of multiple rhetorical strategies to disclose the positive and negative effects of socialized health care. The great thing about this topic is that

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    Michael Moore, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker is known for his highly controversial documentaries. He appeals to the younger generation, trying to educate people along with addressing our unresolved social issues in the United States. He gives insight to corrupt things that our government is involved in that citizens do not know. Michael Moore continues to prove to be a monumental influence through his work in the movie industry. His main message is to get people to stop following their government

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    usually boring, just spitting facts at the viewers. Not Michael Moore’s “Bowling For Columbine,” this film was very different from any other documentary. It was not simply facts, instead Moore took a different approach to get the attention of the less informed. Learning a lot throughout the film, it would be a great recommendation for anyone looking to learn about the gun accessibility and violence within America. In this documentary, Moore begins by showing how easy it is to obtain a gun in America

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    In the documentary “BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE”, Michael Moore uses the South Park cartoon “A brief history of the United States” to momentarily illustrate how fear has driven the history of the United States. The narrator of the film is a bullet cartoon character and he explains how the Pilgrims were afraid of being persecuted and sailed to the New World. When they arrived in the New World they encountered Natives and were again afraid of them so they killed them all. After the Pilgrims killed all the

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    to the United States, there are agitators that had similar motivations and ways of achieving them. An example would be the philosopher Socrates and the filmmaker Michael Moore. Despite some small differences in approach, these two have many significant similarities as agitators. The most obvious similarity between Socrates and Moore is that they are agitators, but it is more than them just advocating social and political change. It 's the methods in which they did so that were so similar. Both

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    Michael Moore is the writer and director of the highly relevant documentary film, Capitalism: A Love Story. To me, the most interesting chapter of the film is Dead Peasants. Moore talked about “capitalism is a system of giving and taking, mostly taking”. In my opinion, it sounds true for me. Moore illustrated Irma Johnson’s husband Dan ironic case. Who recently died of cancer, leaving behind Irma and their two sons. They filmed the woman cried and sadly talked about her husband. Her husband worked

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