Metamorphosism

But see

http://marccooper.typepad.com/marccooper/2004/05/lies_and_moore_.html

which says, among other things:

"quotes inside sources saying there is nothing new in Disney's red light, that Moore knew it was a no-go from the outset."

"Disney officials appeared to be caught off guard by this onslaught and denied that the company’s decision was motivated by political interests in Florida. They also pointed out they had made it clear a year ago that they wanted no involvement with Fahrenheit 911, which was picked up by Miramax against the wishes of its corporate parent."

Moore appears to be making a stink to get publicity right before the film appears at Cannes.

more of a tim rice/elton john influence in the soundtrack, maybe? a wise-cracking sidekick of a hiterto neglected species?

Yeah, see MeFi too:
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/32958

Stunt... :-|

Nice way to boost credibility, Michael....

Me? Fall for a stunt? For some reason I can't get that mefi link to open; I've been having connectivity problems lately. The way it looks to me, then, is, first, maybe Disney's afraid to distribute Moore's film; whether this decision was made a year ago or a week ago is not, in the greater scheme of things, really important. Second, Moore's got a film coming out and is, maybe, using the Disney censorship decision to create more publicity (fair enough) or manufacturing a scandal to get more publicity (less fair, but understandable. I'd probably do it too). Third, certain people are going to be harping about this possibly red herring of a maybe-manufactured scandal to shift attention from the real issue, which is the film, and the other real issues it will, it is hoped, raise. This is, I believe, another instance of the reactionary right controlling discourse by picking the topics etc etc blah blah. I.e. There was the BJ harping, you know, and the If you're not for us then you're for the French, or the terrorists or whatever. And this smells like another one. "Don't look there, look here."

Basically he said he "was told yesterday that disney definately wouldn't distribute". The chance was there allready and maybe Moore hoped they would change their mind, or maybe he was hoping for a scandal...

I agree with your second and third point. But the fact is that (especially to liberals/leftwingers)the "creating of a scandal" is one of the things that really undermines your credibility...

Especially in this day and age it's so easy to be found out...

I'm going to see this film if I'm able. I hope someone else picks it up.

Yes, I'll go see it as well, when it is finally released, if it is. Why isn't the Bush/Saudi connection getting more attention?

because everyone is trying to focus on the "Scandal that isn't a scandal that has become a scandal" ?

Or am I getting a bit too sarcastic here?