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To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. to describe this film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a discourse that would never again rise above the excremental. to describe it as an exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. fahrenheit 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness.
-Christopher Hitchens
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To Describe This Film As Dishonest And

Christopher Hitchens
To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. to describe this film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a discourse that would never again rise above the excremental. to describe it as an exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. fahrenheit 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness.
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