"SICKO" a big hit in Las Vegas

[Bluebear]

Michael Moore's Sicko debuted to a sold out, standing room only audience Saturday night at the Orleans theater in Las Vegas. Judging from the excitement in the crowd, the numerous ovations, and the post movie commentary, Mr. Moore has another blockbuster on his hands. The movie sneaked a peek on about 43 screens in cities nationwide. Every one sold out. This has prompted the Weinstein boys to up the release numbers, a good thing for people looking to see the movie early.

Funny, thought-provoking, and sometimes explosive, the docu-flick attacks both sides of the aisle, with an especially piercing bit of information about Hillary Clinton. Michael Moore once again takes on corporate America with reckless abandon, sparing no-one, and offering no apologies. His attacks on the health care industry, and his ideas for a solution to the problem, seemed to touch a nerve with the audience.

Whether you like Michael Moore or not, see this movie. As the movie points out, this is a humanitarian issue, not a political one. This may be just the sort of discussion Las Vegas, as well as the nation needs.

http://www.bloggingvegas.com/lasvegas/events/michael_moores_sicko_a_big_hit_in_las_vegas_1-110138.html

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Humanitarian issue

that's the point. And Michael has it absolutely right. We are all in this together, and we should help each other out.

It's like the man who said he fell asleep and had a vision of hell, then a vision of heaven. In the first vision, that of hell, people are tied to their chairs at a huge banquet table, which is heaped with wonderful, delicious things to eat. But everyone is starving and crying, for they have very long spoons tied to their hands, and they cannot put the spoons to their mouths to eat.

In heaven, it's the same scene-except everyone is feeding each other.

Om shanti shanit shanti

[supernova]

2. Ha. I remember doing a version

of that story in PYF eons ago.

Execpt that everybody is encased in full body casts, complete with arms stretched out in front of you so that you can't feed yourself.

I always have loved that image of Heaven. :loveya: We don't do it alone.

[judaspriestess]

3. I was wondering where it was playing

cool now we can go see it.

[flamin lib]

4. Sold out and standing room only! Good news, he was a bit

concerned that the pirated copy on the net might hurt the opening turnout.