"psychiatric patient"

Carley 2022-03-23 09:02:20

You must have heard of Michael Moore. When my American friend Mac was still in China, he recommended his work - "Fahrenheit 911" to me. Yes, it's the fat bearded man who is "tricky" against the camera all day long. There are many people who love him, because he can look at the United States around him with a unique, humorous and ridiculing perspective, and ruthlessly give the powerful and powerful. Or the system poured a pot of shit; but he cursed other people, and many people also attacked him, anti-Moore websites, and books abound. The most famous website is Moore Watch, and the book is Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man. What's very funny is that Moore observed that this website has actually been supported by Moore. Simply put, the webmaster Jim's wife is mentally ill, and he no longer has the money to maintain the world's most visited anti-michael moore website. One day he got a check, and a few days later he got a phone message - it turned out that it was McMoore himself who secretly helped him.

Jim accepted the support, but still took a clear-cut role in collecting articles criticizing the big fat man, saying that he was eloquent and hypocritical. Probably because he has a big heart and a fat body, Moore, who has become a household name in the United States, actually enjoys seeing someone who has launched a website and published a book and scolded him. Out of creative sensitivity, he naturally did not miss the story of the "unlucky" Jim and his wife, all of which were filmed in his documentary "Sicko" (Sicko).

Although the play is suspected of playing gimmicks and depriving the right to speak, even the hardcore "anti-Moore" cannot ignore the basic thesis in "The Psycho": the US medical security system has long been a sick joke. An old beauty on Moore's website said something like this to support this point of view: We don't need Michael Moore to tell us this (god-damned American healthcare system). We get the clue from the ruinous medical bills that arrive in our mailbox, from our friends' gruesome stories of conditions untreated and claims denied, and even from the mouths of our own doctors. Moore doesn't see his films as portraying the tragic fate of people without health care, but rather on those People who have a certain amount of medical insurance but often find that their simple life will be messed up by doctor-patient problems, because you can't afford this "cruel" medical insurance system. As a result, a petty bourgeoisie who has a certain education and wants to go into politics has to accept the help of the enemy because of his wife's serious illness. Because the HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) said that the first aid measures were too "experimental" to be applied, the partner died of cancer. A patient with a diagnosed benign tumor dies due to delayed treatment... Moore seems to be no longer a director, but an interviewer, empathizing, quietly listening to the tragic experiences of those interviewed.

There's a great scene in the film: people in the health insurance industry openly admit that they're in an industry that's too lucrative. A former high-ranking HMO official testified before Congress - deeply reflecting and critical of the industry as a whole and his own disregard for patients' interests. Another "anti-water" person said, "You didn't voluntarily slide into the abyss, it was someone who cut a crack and pushed you down."

The climax of the film comes from the finale: Moore leads a boatload of American patients to Guantanamo to seek free access to what the U.S. government claims "inmates at Guantanamo receive the same high-quality medical care as U.S. citizens." Medical treatment; after giving up the prison, he led 10 workers who were disabled due to the "9.11" rescue and sent to Cuba. Contrary to the experience in the United States that they had no money to go to the hospital, they received meticulous treatment, and the American audience could really see Eyes full of tears as they expressed their gratitude... [Note: Because of the filming of this film, Moore has been sued by the government in court for illegally entering the Guantanamo base and transporting workers to Cuba to violate "trade" Embargo policy "under government investigation. ] The conclusion is clear: America is a country that is "money-oriented", obnoxious and absurd.

For various reasons, McMoore's "revolutionary" temperament has been questioned. For this aspect, please refer to the 43rd issue of "Sanlian Weekly" in 2007. However, being able to record the world in such a wonderful way itself proves the artistic value and practical significance of Moore's films. In fact, his films have aroused great repercussions among many middle- and low-income earners. Moore was clearly delighted to see.

I suddenly thought of a sentence from Mark Twain, a great American writer, "Everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it." Complaints are complaints, and the most important thing is to take practical measures and implement them. There are more things in Chinese football that are on the right track. This idea seems to be irrelevant to this topic.

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  • Elta 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    I want to immigrate to France

  • Tessie 2022-03-26 09:01:08

    5593 Medical reform of national medical insurance and medical insurance........The system with too strong subjective color

Sicko quotes

  • Michael Moore: Hope for the best is what we do, right from the moment we're born. We've got the worst infant mortality rate in the western world. A baby in El Salvador has a better chance of surviving than a baby born in Detroit. But it gets better when we go to school.

    Spokeperson: Classrooms with 40 students. Schools with no science labs.

    Michael Moore: Ha, no wonder the majority of our young adults can't find Britain on the map. But that's okay. There's always college. And by the time we graduate, our ass is so in hock, we're deep in debt before we even have our first job.

    college student in debt: I'm at about - we'll say about 35,000 dollars in debt. That's for my third year of college.

    Michael Moore: That way, you'll be the kind of employee they're looking for - one who needs this job. But what employer wouldn't want to employ someone thousands of dollars in debt? Because they won't cause any trouble. In addition to having to pay off your college debt, you need a job with health insurance. It would be horrible to lose that kind of job. And if that one job doesn't pay all the bills, don't worry, you can get another one, and another one, and another one.

    woman who works 3 jobs: I work three jobs, and I feel like I contribute.

    George W. Bush: You work three jobs?

    woman who works 3 jobs: Three jobs, yes.

    George W. Bush: [to crowd] Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean that is fantastic that you're doing that. Get any sleep?

    Michael Moore: And if you're not getting enough sleep, take pharmecuticals.

    [a montage of several pharmaceutical commercials is shown, all saying the "Ask Your doctor" catchphrase]

    Michael Moore: Yes, ask your doctor, and ask him for more drugs. That should keep you pretty doped up until it's time to retire. D-did I say retire?

    [Moore sarcastically laughs]

    Michael Moore: Well if you do make it to 80, I'm sure your pension will still be there. Unlike the new employees for these companies which will never see a pension.

    [a quick slide show shows many companies, such as Coca-Cola, IBM, GM, Hershey's, Sprint and FedEx]

    Michael Moore: But don't worry, I'm sure our kids will take care of us. Considering the great life we've given them. Oh, and remember: Let's defeat the terrorists over there, so we don't have to fight them here.

  • Adam: [tending his cuts] I don't have a job. I don't want to have any more debt out to anybody else. I'm flushing the wound...

    Michael Moore: [narrating off-screen] This is Adam. He had an accident. He's one of the nearly 50 million Americans with no health insurance.