catwho, pet mage of Jabober wrote:
I would also like to point out that while his films have grossed $300 million dollars, only a small fraction of that went to him.
The article listed several projects and how much wen to him. It's pretty clearly in the 10s of millions of dollars not matter how you slice it up.
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Some of it went directly to the theaters hosting the films.
Yes. And some of it went to him. I'm assuming you consider movie theaters capitalist enterprises? So... What does that make him?
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Most of it went to the studio that produced the film, and the paychecks of all the people that went into the credits. Moore's take is included in that, and probably some subsequent royalties from every DVD sold later on.
So your argument seems to be that it's somehow not "good" that the profits from his films got spread around to a number of people who were involved in their production, distribution, and presentation? That's normal. That's capitalism. And that's exactly what Moore has used to run cackling to the bank with his pockets stuffed with cash.
I don't hold him at fault for this. If he can get people to pay to watch his documentaries and read his book, then he clearly earned the money he has. But for him to somehow deny that he has personally profited from capitalism is still a big fat lie.
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The article says $50 million went to him. He refutes that amount.
I didn't see any refutation of the amount in the article. Did he do this elsewhere?
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I suspect the "Where did it go?" involved him using it to fund projects and movies the studios wouldn't otherwise pay for.
No. The "where did it go?" comment was designed (like much of the "answer with an answer" format in his documentaries) to imply something to the audience without actually saying it. If he says it and it's untrue, he has lied. If he simply asks "where did it go?", he's not actually denying that he made the money, or that he still has the money, or in fact anything at all.
He said it specifically because he knows from years of using that exact technique that people like you will assume this means that he doesn't have that much money (or never got it in the first place). He makes a living skirting around the truth. This is no different.