The OC writes:
This morning’s P_Press carried another editorial decrying the small-mindedness of those who refuse to see Fahrenheit 9/11. Since I have the fullest confidence that they will ignore my rebuttal, I’m copying you on it.
Dear Sirs/Ms,
I already know that I hate okra, therefore I feel no need to go to a restaurant and spend $8 on some new okra dish just to see if it tastes different this time. Likewise, having seen Michael Moore’s earlier films, I have every reason to expect that “Fahrenheit 9/11” will be just another revolting load of dishonest leftist agitprop.
The genius of film is that it is a highly emotive medium with a very fast information decay rate. A skilled filmmaker can use emotion, energy, and rapid non-sequitur cuts to leap over yawning chasms in logic and sense that would, if presented in print, cause the reader to stop short, sit up, and say, “What the hell is this idiot trying to say?”
Moore has already demonstrated that he is a highly skilled filmmaker, on the order of Leni Reifenstahl. But surely, by now, Moore and his distributors have recouped the cost of producing and distributing this film. If Moore is genuinely interested in promoting public discussion of the charges he makes in it, then let him donate the broadcast rights to PBS so that we can all see it for free and make up our own minds.
Until he does so, though, I feel no need to spend $8 from my entertainment budget to watch Michael “Barnum” Moore’s latest carnival geek act.