Michael Moore’s Sicko Surprisingly Not An Autobiography

We got all excited when we heard about American documentary filmmaker Michael Moore’s new movie Sicko because we thought it must be a remake of that classic movie the where the guy owns a motel and dresses up as his dead mom or whatever and gets all stabby on people when they are in the shower.   

However, we were much saddened to learn that this is not the case. True to form, Michael Moore’s new film is actually a politically-charged documentary about the need for healthcare reform in America. It’s about time he came out with another movie, too, because we’re running out of things to debate with our fellow pseudo-intellectuals in the local Starbucks since the last Michael Moore movie. Okay, we really just sit there and drink our steamed nonfat milk and work on the daily word jumble in the paper, but we eavesdrop a lot and sometimes we hear people talking about stuff like that.  

As we said, Sicko is about the need for healthcare reform in America, which highlights nurses and health policy workers. Moore has also taken to the road with kind of a movie promotion/political campaign combo deal. The latest stop on the map was Sacramento, CA, where Moore met with political leaders to discuss the current problems featured in the movie. Certainly the state’s political representatives must have been dazzled by the filmmaker’s haute couture t-shirt and baseball cap attire. Say what you will about the man (we wouldn’t be here if we didn’t), but whatever he lacks in substance he makes up for with class and style.  

Tuesday’s rally involved 1,000 members of the California Nurses Association, many in surgical wardrobe chanting "Hey-hey! Ho-ho! Private health care is sick-o!" Catchy, isn’t it. We heard that the nurses efficiently collected urine samples and started IV drips between chants so people didn’t have to leave to go to the bathroom and get refreshments.

Michael Moore summarised his plight on Tuesday when he said: 

"I always set out to make a movie that people will enjoy, have a good time watching on Friday night. I'm asking for a little something here. I'm going to provide the entertainment, but I'm hoping that a certain percentage of the audience will be thinking about the issues that I raised, and a certain percentage of them will go out and do something."  

So, if it’s not entertaining then we don’t have to listen? Then based on the entertainment value of his past films, we’re totally off the hook.

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Moore Lobbies Sacramento For Healing - San Francisco Chronicle