" We used to watch Roger and Me and feel for those people."
Ah, 'Roger and Me.' My last semester of college, I was forced to enroll in a quite pointless liberal arts class. The first day of the class, I learned through reading the syllabus that we would be watching 'Roger and Me' one of the days of class. Seeing this, I politely asked the teacher if I could skip that day, on the grounds that I severely dislike Michael Moore and his films. The teacher responded by smugly saying, "Well, then, you should come, so you can give us YOUR thoughts on it."
He would come to regret that comment.
Over the next several weeks, I did a lot of research into the movie. I learned of all the lies Moore told in it, all the ways he twisted the truth in it (i.e. all the failed events that Moore implies Flint's Chamber of Commerce did to try and boost Flint's public image and restart its economy seemingly in the wake of the GM layoffs actually all happened at least a year or two BEFORE the GM layoffs), and all the good people he slandered and stabbed in the back (Including many people who he should have portrayed in a POSITIVE light if he actually gave a damn about helping the people of Flint, which of course he didn't) in the process in order to boost his own ego and bank account.
When the day came, during the in- class discussion after watching the film, I completely eviscerated it. When I was done, the teacher promptly changed the subject.
I'm not denying it was wrong of Roger Smith to so thoroughly screw over the people of Flint whose livelihoods depended on the GM jobs, but I'd say it was equally wrong for Moore to exploit those same people for personal gain, portray the people of Flint as ignorant hicks, and slander people who've actually done good things to help Flint's poor.
