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Nicholas Roznovsky
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From: College Station, TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 03-24-2003 12:01 PM
I think for the most part, Bowling For Columbine has played itself out in most of the major markets across the country. While there will be the usual post-Oscar bounce, I don't think there will be any concerted backlash against the film. This film has already had to overcome two big stigmas with a lot of people: it's title (most Americans do judge a film by its title!) and the sometimes sickeningly gruesome subject matter.
I think Michael Moore's views were pretty much evident before the Oscars. Anyone who's seen any of his previous stuff should know which end of the spectrum he lands on. I don't see why theater owners should drop a film just because the director has a big mouth.
Of course, I'm sure that someone will get a wild hair and go picket a movie theater somewhere. There's always somebody who does. And, of course, the local theater will be labeled as "Anti-American". I hate small town like that.
I had members of a local church sending me "prayergrams" praying for my soul when our theater showed XXX . They didn't even bother to find out what the movie was about! They just assumed that it was a porn film and decided that I was a minion of Satan. I still have some of them framed in my office, just as a reminder of what I'm dealing with.
My opinion is that moviegoers should get to decide what they should watch, not a couple of people raising a fuss in the community. If we gave in to the community "leaders", I'd be showing A VeggieTales Movie, Pollyana, and The Apple Dumpling Gang 365 days a year.
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