The Awful Truth - The Complete Second Season [VHS]
by Michael Moore
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Actor: Michael MooreDirector: Michael Moore
Writer: Michael Moore
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 300 minutes
Release Date: 2002-01-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Docurama
Studio: Docurama
VHS Movie Reviews of The Awful Truth - The Complete Second Season [VHS]
Movie Review: Perhaps Michael Moore's best work in film/television
Summary: 5 Stars
When THE AWFUL TRUTH aired on BRAVO television in 1999-2000 I was not a cable TV subscriber. I never saw this Michael Moore program until recently, viewing the D.V.D. release of its second season.
Before THE AWFUL TRUTH - THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON, Michael Moore's film debut ROGER & ME was the most compelling movies/television work of his I had seen. But THE AWFUL TRUTH tops it. Moore, who cut his teeth in print journalism, shows just how informative and engaging television news can be were corporations, whose interests are the opposite of what the public needs to know, not controlling virtually all major news media.
Just as Moore's program T.V. NATION had short runs on the N.B.C. and FOX networks, THE AWFUL TRUTH was too good to last on BRAVO. Get your hands on this D.V.D. to see what television journalism should be all about.
Movie Review: Moore Prophet or Fool
Summary: 1 Stars
Michael is an enigma. In a political sense he supports neither right or Left. He is either somewhere in between making him a fascist or somewhere outside making him a right and left wing radical which makes him a tyrant. He shows us graphically what is wrong based on traditional values faith based values yet he attacks organized religion too. Making him a Satanist.
Bottom line here he knows what he doesn't want yet can give no clear idea of what he does. Plain old antidisestablishmentarianisms; everything and nothing as long as you give him what he really wants fame and lots of cash.
Michael went to bat for his Buddy Paul Martin during the last Federal election in Canada a couple of years back. He gave an endorsement to the new Liberalism The UN single party brand. The tagging of the world bank as to Conservative and one of the black sheep of UN agencies although Liberal Lobby groups have dominated the decisions of the bank for decades. Paul Martin took over the Liberal party and swiftly dumped supporters of the old guard. Warren Konsella, Sheila Copps and John Cretin are spoken now in Liberal conventions in secretive whispers for fear of reprisals, which have been numerous under Martin's regime. The New Liberal party is not as it appears the picture of John Lenin on the box and the disclaimer on the back all sealed in a shrink-wrap coating in case someone peeks inside. The disclaimer on the back is pretty clear like a Microsoft users agreement it claims the right to your voice your cash and not just the first-born but also all of you heirs. Opening the box is indication of agreement not allowing a second thought. It is not until you tear away the wrapper and find inside a 10,000 page contract do you realize what Michael has been selling is the real truth as we suspected all along money drives the will of all brands. Some are just a lot more in control than others. The backing of the globalization committee of UN agencies carries a lot of weight in media popularity. Michael is just fine with those types of politics as long as he gets his share.
No, I would not recommend the purchase unless you understand the political satire is entertainment only. Michael is no crusader outside of his own interests, making him pretty much the same as those he taunts. The issues he broaches are not really a laughing matter. Making light of them indeed makes Michael very rich and popular but don't hold your breath thinking that Michael will contribute one cent of that wealth to fixing any of the problems he mentions. America needs to nationalize the 6 Trillion dollars contributed to charity foundations the Tax payers paid for those donations for over a hundred years yet not one dime is buying food or medicine the Foundations buy politics and control
If Bono wants .7 of GNP to feed the starving in Africa, this would be an excellent place to start. As for Michael if he is worth the investment ask him to start walking the walk.
Movie Review: Awful indeed.
Summary: 1 Stars
Here we're treated to a second season of ramblings from the paranoid narcissist Moore. I recommend purchasing the second season of The X-Files instead, because although it's also loaded with conspiracy theories, it's more based in fact than Moore's self-indulgent propaganda and also much more entertaining.Movie Review: Michael Moore at its finest
Summary: 5 Stars
Looking at all the formats in which Moore expresses himself (bestselling books, web, feature-length documentaries) I think the 30 minutes in-your-face style of "The Awful Truth" is the one that suits him the best. Given too much time, Moore tends to get serious and preachy, and I think that weakens his acidic irony. The second season of the "Awful Truth" is definitely where his opinions shine the brightest.Watching the entire second season, every episode had at least one segment that was both hilariously funny, thought-provoking, informative, and sometimes even very sad. This is not just a clich?: Moore does indeed provide fine humor and food for thought at the same time.
Even more edifying, Moore seems, throughout the season, to actually make a difference. He prevents mexican maids from being expelled from the country in an act of vengeance for trying to start a union, for instance, or he turns his parodic statement on candidates running unopposed into a country-wide vote drive for plants.
Early in season 2, Moore confronts George W. Bush, then Republican candidate, trying to convince him to jump in a mosh pit. Bush's answer is stunning: "Why don't you get a real job." Watching "The Awful Truth", it's embarassing how Bush and other people could think this is not real work: it's political satire with a real message, and it's more relevant that the pandering that 'real' journalists serve every day on the news.
Movie Review: Just buy it now.
Summary: 5 Stars
I LOVE this DVD and it's one of the few I can watch over and over again and never get tired of it. Laughter and bittersweet tears will ensue. I was a bit disappointed in his F911 film, for beginning with solid facts but weaving them in a bit of a twisted manner such that the message was compromised in the end (I felt). But the Awful Truth episodes are the old "Roger and Me" Michael Moore that I love.. it's the combination of his quirky sense of humor and his diligent fight for human rights and sanity in a crazy world. A few segments fall flat, but on DVD are easy to skip in favor of the many priceless gems.
Summary of The Awful Truth - The Complete Second Season [VHS]
Elvis Costello once sang, "I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused." One gets the feeling that it is the exact opposite with Michael Moore. In this sophomore season of his subversively funny, albeit short-lived, Bravo series The Awful Truth, the working class hero operates under the basic-cable radar to rail against politics as usual and to expose what he calls your "basic, everyday, run of the mill evil corporations." The Awful Truth was anything but comfort television, as witness the episode "Compassionate Conservative Night," in which "Team Dow" and "Team Nasdaq" engage in such contests as "Dunk the Homeless" and "Pie the Poor." In another segment, Moore launches an orange day-glow wallet exchange program after a spate of shootings in which police mistook African American victims' wallets for firearms. Moore makes hay with the 2000 presidential election. In one audacious segment, he offers his support to any candidate who will jump into the Awful Truth's portable mosh pit. George W. Bush's response, "Go find real work," made its way into Fahrenheit 9/11. Only Alan Keyes is game, incurring attacks by the other candidates during a televised debate. In this series' version of a Very Special Episode, Moore presents a short film he directed, "The Choice," in which Moore runs a Ficus plant against an unopposed candidate for the New Jersey House of Representatives.Throughout the season, Moore plants the seeds that will pollinate in his two controversial cross-over theatrical documentaries. Anticipating Bowling for Columbine, one segment takes aim at the NRA with the introduction of a new gun mascot, Pistol Pete, a costumed weapon, who is summarily tossed out of a Las Vegas gun show, NRA headquarters, and our nation's capitol. Moore also turns up the temperature on then-Texas Governor George W. Bush in a segment that pits the man who would be president against his brother Jeb to see which of their respective states, Texas or Florida, will prevail in the number of executions. For a brief and shining moment, the revolution was televised. At 30 minutes an episode, The Awful Truth remains swift (or Swiftian) satire. For fans, this two-disc set will complete the Moore manifesto, and give more ammunition to his critics. --Donald Liebenson
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