Hi Mike,
I love you and your work. I thought the humanitarian message you gave in "SiCKO" was more profound a statement about the American Healthcare System than any message you ever could have delivered on that topic.
Look, Mike, you and I both know the Academy of Arts and Sciences is a political organization and that was never more evident than last night.
The entire "documentary" designation of the Academy Awards yesterday evening was a complete afront to anyone that would oppose the war. First, the troops in Iraq were rolled out to announce the nominees in the category of "Short Takes" of which most of those entries were anti-war themes. Tell me that was appropriate.
Then, the "Feature Documentaries" were announced by the one man that could sustain any criticism to his image, namely Tom "the man everyone loves" Hanks. Then, the winner was one that never was nominated before and followed a theme that would be 'acceptable' to the American culture no matter who wins the 2008 elections.
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