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- From: Eric Topp <topp@roses.stanford.edu>
- Subject: Re: Roger and Me (and Pets or Meat?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.051806.12883@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- References: <1992Dec23.154908.14723@panix.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 05:18:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.154908.14723@panix.com> Cliff Heller,
- fnord@panix.com writes:
- >Just saw this one last night.
- >It's completely brilliant. Moore uses humor and sarcasm masterfully to
- >really paint a picture of what it was like for middle America towards the
- >end of the Reagan/Bush era.
-
- I agree that it's a great movie. I've seen it a few times and it holds
- up surprisingly well with repeated viewing. The real-life characters
- are fascinating.
-
- >I seem to recall that recently Roger Smith, the chairman of GM, either
- >died, resigned, or was fired. Does anyone know for certain?
-
- Moore made short sequel called "Pets or Meat" in which he revisits some
- of the people in R&Me. He pointed out that Smith's extravagant pension
- had been pruned a bit and he toys with the idea of making up the
- difference with a person check.
-
- He pointed out that the people he filmed being evicted in R&Me were
- given two years rent in whatever place they moved to.
-
- It seems like Pets or Meat was used as a pledge-booster for public TV a
- while back. I haven't seen anything of it since. Too short ( 30-45
- min?) for theatrical release. Anyone know where to find it on
- laserdisc?
-