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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 10:09 am EDT 10/23/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - ryhog 06:12 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| I haven't seen the show. I have seen some of the interviews he has given recently about his show on The View, Up with Chris Hayes, The Rachel Maddow Show, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, and others. While I am probably on the same side of many of the major issues that Moore talks about, I don't believe in exaggerations, half-truths, and crazy theories. I asked a question, that's all. Guests like Keith Olbermann, Phil Donahue, and others will not challenge Moore about anything he says, but someone like Gillibrand will. That was the point of my question. | |
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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Posted by: ryhog 10:38 am EDT 10/23/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - BroadwayTonyJ 10:09 am EDT 10/23/17 | |
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| well, since I saw the show and (like at least one other poster) did not find anything crazy or half true in it, this just sounds like you don't agree with him on some political questions-something I have no intention of discussing here, even were it allowed. Neither one of us saw what she did on that stage, but my point is that had you seen the show I suspect you would understand why you'd be hard pressed to identify much for her to "challenge." | |
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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 12:05 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 11:55 am EDT 10/24/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - ryhog 10:38 am EDT 10/23/17 | |
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| Besides being a theatre geek, I'm an obsessive political junkie. I watch MSNBC every day. My political leanings are center, center left -- I have no disagreement with Moore on political issues. Based on what I've read on this board and that of Broadway World, The Terms of My Surrender contains material he has been trying out on various MSNBC talk shows for the past year and a half. He can be a talented raconteur/satirist (even an eloquent one) when he deals with social issues like the situation in Flint, Michigan. However, when he gets into hardcore political stuff, he's out of his depth. If what I have been told is accurate, he says in his show (on one hand) that he wants to lead a revolution, but also (on the other hand) he wants to repeal the 2nd amendment. That is not only naïve, it strikes me as a profound contradiction. IMO Moore is Susan Sarandon in spades. He's red meat to Bannon and the alt-right, who will exploit the stuff he spouts to the hilt in 2018. Today we are one Supreme Court Justice away from losing Roe V. Wade, Same-Sex Marriage (and God knows what else) -- Kennedy and Ginsburg will not last another 7-1/2 years. I sometimes feel like John Adams in 1776: "Is anybody there? Does anybody care?" So much for my rant. I haven't seen Terms on Broadway. I refrained from commenting on it while it was running because I didn't feel it appropriate and didn't want to influence anyone who was thinking about seeing it. I live in Chicago and its run was too short for me to make it to New York. If it tours and comes to Chicago, I will definitely check it out. If I'm mistaken, I will post on the board and admit I was wrong. |
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