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...Moore, though, is the main victim. The movie's take on him can be synopsized in the title of a book published within a few weeks of the Fahrenheit 9/11 opening: Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man. (That was a riff on Al Franken's best seller Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations.) Malone is more or less accused of treason: giving aid and comfort to the enemy by making movies that "hate America." One soldier back from Iraq says that he and his buddies found a lot of Malone DVDs when they...
...presidency, whenever the Illinois senator would get crowds going he would intentionally dial it down a notch. I remember seeing him in Columbia on his first trip to South Carolina in February 2007, six days after announcing his candidacy. When the crowd started chanting, "Yes, we can," to his riff on Civil Rights, Obama abruptly changed the subject to labor's right to organize. It was clear he was making a conscious effort not to be perceived (or pigeonholed) as the same inspirational speaker they saw at the 2004 convention; he wanted to introduce himself and tell his story...
...their brother. And the speeches are pure gravy: light on policy and full of Obama's greatest hits, from variations on his 2004 Democratic National Convention line "We are more than a collection of Red States and Blue States; we are the United States of America," to his trademark riff...
...Mystery Science Theater 3000 Cable's first and coolest nerd-genius hit, MST3K elevated a derisory premise?a guy and two robots riff on cheesy movies?into glorious comic art. This 20th anniversary edition contains four episodes (the best: Werewolf) and enough goofy extras to make any MSTie mist...
...some markets, Disney has gone so far as to nest one franchise inside another. In Latin America, it's created local HSM brands that don't compete with the American version but riff off its popularity with new movies tailored to the local market. This summer came the release of two Spanish-language feature films - High School Musical: El Desafio - one for the Mexican market, and the other for the Argentinian one. These franchises within franchises, says Diego Lerner, president of Disney Latin America, build "closer links with the communities we're aiming for and respect the local cultural environment...