Capitalism: A Love Story

No matter what your personal feelings might be toward Michael Moore himself, it’s a safe bet that we’ll get a sharper explanation of the meltdown panic from his latest movie than we’ve learned from watching the toadying financial correspondents on cable for the past 8 months. Will it be an accurate explanation? Who knows. But at least it won’t pretend to be authoritative news coverage. It’ll be more useful than most media analysis (by being smarter), and more enjoyable (by being meaner).

I know a lot people can‚Äôt see past Moore to the story itself (and I‚Äôll admit, he does tend to block the view). But it‚Äôs an important subject, and Americans’ short attention span needs to be constantly stimulated to stay agitated. Whether you think Moore’s approach is stroking or grating, take your pick — but the friction keeps us awake.

If somebody else wanted to make a movie about this, I might prefer to watch that one. But nobody else is doing it. Michael Moore as messenger might be far from perfect but who the hell else have we got?

(thanks to George for the tip)