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Denby on "Sicko"

By The Daily Dish
Jun 28 2007, 1:41 AM ET

"Michael Moore has teased and bullied his way to some brilliant highs in his career as a political entertainer, but he scrapes bottom in his new documentary, "Sicko" ...

In each country, Moore interviews doctors who speak proudly of how well their country’s system works. But the candor of these doctors is no more impressive than that of the corporate spokesmen Moore has confronted in the past. No one mentions the delays or the instances of less than first-rate care...

Moore winds up treating the audience the same way that, he says, powerful people treat the weak in America as dopes easily satisfied with fairy tales and bland reassurances," - David Denby in the New Yorker. I'll force myself to go see it and review shortly.



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