Michael Moore: Plan for Blair movie was 'a joke'

[rawstory]

As seen on http://www.rawstory.com

June 13th, 2004
Sorry to Scare You, Tony: Michael Moore Was Just Joking

Some news organizations are reporting that Michael is making a new film on Tony Blair. This is not true. Let us repeat - THIS IS NOT TRUE. Michael made a joke about his next film being about Tony Blair in an interview and, apparently, it was taken seriously.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=22

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As an aside, Raw Story is pursuing the story on Howard Kaloogian's plan to keep 'Fahrenheit 911' out of theaters. We'll have a brief story up today and hope to get interviews with Move America Forward on Monday...There also seems to be a lot of dirt on Kaloogian, even disputes he's had with his own party..

[NMDemDist2]

1. geez from MM mouth to Media's ear

they just hang on his every word don't they?

[I thought so.]

2. Well why not?

MM is a newsmaker.

[AndyTiedye]

7. Tony May Not Last Long Enough to Make a Movie Of

Tony is going down, and taking his party with him.

[JohnyCanuck]

3. Tony's probably heaving a big sigh of relief right about now. n/t

n/t

[Tuttle]

4. "This movie begins bombing in 5 minutes"

n/t

Tut-tut

[cliss]

5. I'm sure Tony is now

having heart palpitations and is moving toward a thermonuclear meltdown.

I hope he got the news.

[hlthe2b]

6. Good....

While it might have been a great topic... I'd prefer he continue to focus on issues specific to our current state of affairs in the US.... We need him too badly to share, now-- sorry Brits!

[DarbyUSMC]

8. What has happened to our collective sense of humor? How would we view

the humor of Mark Twain in 2004?

Somewhere along the line we stopped being able to detect a joke, witticism, pun, sarcastic comment et al. from serious conversation. What a shame. I think it happened when Seinfeld called it a day or when our leader was selected. Who ever heard of such a thing? We're half way to hell in a hand basket.

x(

[rumguy]

9. good point

everything is taken so literal these days..

[Scairp]

10. Dirt?

Of course he's dirty; these flipping repukes wallow in dirt. They just aren't being exposed for what they are often enough.

[Tuttle]

11. Who said this?

"You wrestle with a turd - win, lose or draw, you gonna get messed up!"

Was it Firesign Theater? Don't know, myself.

Tut-tut