Essays on Michael Moore

Abstract

The 2003 Iraq War received a wide variety of different opinions throughout the international media. While American networks and press organizations entitled the conflict as Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Canadian media and the channels in some Arab nations referred to the conflict as "attack and occupation." One character in this conflict was Chris Kyle, a deadly sniper in the American military whose life served as the inspiration for the film American Sniper. He wrote a book by the same name that teems with his utter disdain for the Iraqi fighters as well as with his excitement at the chance ...

Beauty or Truth: Point of View in ‘Roger & Me’ and ‘The Man With the Camera’

Documentary filmmaking is a matter of perspective. Few examples exist of strictly objective and scrupulously balanced documentary considerations of a given subject or issue. This would, after all, amount to little more than straightforward journalism, and a simple recounting of facts. But Michael Moore’s tactics, the film’s exaggerated line of questioning and the mock serio-comic tone that Moore adopts in his narrative clearly identify Roger & Me as anything but journalistic. In a 1990 New York Times review, Richard Bernstein noted that “Mr. Moorewas no more operating within the standard framework of journalism than was Jonathan Swift when he wrote his ‘Modest ...

The inception of the Boston Latin School in the New England during the colonial times, precisely the year 1635, marks the beginning of America’s formal education. The school was founded on the principles of equality and being universal. Free public education was established after the revolution and expanded due to efforts by the likes of Horace Mann, Booker T Washington among others (Reese, 2011). However, in recent days many have criticized the education system for not addressing the reality in America and for being too shallow. This paper will try to expound on these notions by specifically dissecting ...