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Hilarious Guardian A comic genius Independent Caustic, breakneck, tell-it-like-it-is ... He's a genuine populist; a twenty-first century pamphleteer Observer Moore has mastered the rare trick of being passionate and funny at the same time New Statesman Moore is a worldwide force ... a cultural icon The Times Outstanding ... with the book's emotional highs and lows, and self-deprecating, empathetic style, Moore triumphs. ... enlightening, engaging, and occasionally enraging Publisher's Weekly Here Comes Trouble is by far Mr. Moore's best book...[his] coming of age as a working-class malcontent is...something to behold. It's the story of a big lunk who learns to yoke his big mouth to a sense of purpose. It persuades you to take Mr. Moore seriously, and it belongs on a shelf with memoirs by, and books about, nonconformists like Mother Jones, Abbie Hoffman, Phil Ochs, Rachel Carson, Harvey Pekar and even Thomas Paine. -- Dwight Garner New York Times
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"I had an unusually large-sized head, though this was not uncommon for a baby in the Midwest. The craniums in our part of the country were designed to leave a little extra room for the brain to grow in case one day we found ourselves exposed to something we didn't understand, like a foreign language, or a salad."
Michael Moore-Oscar-winning filmmaker, bestselling author, the nation's unofficial provocateur laureate-is back, this time taking on an entirely new role, that of his own meta-Forest Gump.
Breaking the autobiographical mode, he presents twenty-four far-ranging, irreverent, and stranger-than-fiction vignettes from his own early life. One moment he's an eleven-year-old boy lost in the Senate and found by Bobby Kennedy; and in the next, he's inside the Bitburg cemetery with a dazed and confused Ronald Reagan. Fast-forwarding to 2003, he stuns the world by uttering the words "We live in fictitious times . . . with a fictitious president" in place of the expected "I'd like to thank the Academy."
And none of that even comes close to the night the friendly priest at the seminary decides to show him how to perform his own exorcism.
Capturing the zeitgeist of the past fifty years, yet deeply personal and unflinchingly honest, HERE COMES TROUBLE takes readers on an unforgettable, take-no-prisoners ride through the life and times of Michael Moore. No one will come away from this book without a sense of surprise about the Michael Moore most of us didn't know. Alternately funny, eye-opening, and moving, it's a book he has been writing-and living-his entire life.
Michael Moore-Oscar-winning filmmaker, bestselling author, the nation's unofficial provocateur laureate-is back, this time taking on an entirely new role, that of his own meta-Forest Gump.
Breaking the autobiographical mode, he presents twenty-four far-ranging, irreverent, and stranger-than-fiction vignettes from his own early life. One moment he's an eleven-year-old boy lost in the Senate and found by Bobby Kennedy; and in the next, he's inside the Bitburg cemetery with a dazed and confused Ronald Reagan. Fast-forwarding to 2003, he stuns the world by uttering the words "We live in fictitious times . . . with a fictitious president" in place of the expected "I'd like to thank the Academy."
And none of that even comes close to the night the friendly priest at the seminary decides to show him how to perform his own exorcism.
Capturing the zeitgeist of the past fifty years, yet deeply personal and unflinchingly honest, HERE COMES TROUBLE takes readers on an unforgettable, take-no-prisoners ride through the life and times of Michael Moore. No one will come away from this book without a sense of surprise about the Michael Moore most of us didn't know. Alternately funny, eye-opening, and moving, it's a book he has been writing-and living-his entire life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth a fracture in the family,
This review is from: Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life (Hardcover)
I would give this book 6 stars if I could and wouldn't have had to read beyond the first story (his life post Oscar speech) to do so. I am not a 'Babe in the Woods' (although I am Canadian - some think these terms synonymous) and the sheer vitriol and violence of the American public's response to his Oscar speech was shocking to me. I am about halfway through the book and each story has its own glimpse into Michael Moore's character, its own charm and its own lessons. I love them all. It's so obvious, even without the Saint Anne story, that he was born to do something great in his life and he is living proof that being courageous is not the same as being fearless.I had almost finished reading the first story when my sister and a friend joined me for breakfast. My sister, clearly in a bad mood from the get go, immediately embarked on a painstakingly detailed rant of the aggravations from her (frankly uneventful) life. I made the mistake of cutting her short (well not that short as she'd been going on for over half an hour) and then attempting to, believe it or not, 'lighten' the conversation by discussing Michael's book. I'm not sure whether my sister or our friend even know who Michael Moore is by name alone, and I furthered my error by mentioning that the first story profiles the aftermath of his Oscar speech in which he took on Bush and the war in Iraq. My friend said "Well what did he expect saying things like that at the Oscars?" (- not that he'd require 9 Navy Seals to keep him safe I'm guessing)! My sister then went ballistic about how he's a "Celebrity" and celebrities have no right to push their opinions on others (not being actual human beings like the rest of us good folk). The breakfast ended abruptly (for me anyway) when I hotly responded, "He's not a Celebrity, he's a documentary filmmaker - do some research!!!" and stomped off. So, long story short . . . buy the book!!! You won't regret it. It's a page turner and a great conversation starter (and ender)! ;-)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Demystifies the Great Provocateur,
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This review is from: Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life (Hardcover)
Love him or hate him (although I can't imagine why one would hate Moore-a passionate, outspoken champion of the middle and lower classes), one has to wonder how Michael Moore became who he is. That's where this book comes in. In a non-chronological fashion, Moore book provides a glimpse into various events and/or people (to which he devotes a chapter each) that laid the foundation for Moore's foray into documentary filmmaking and ensuing fame (or notoriety). He examines issues such as racism, economics, and politics, but he is always careful to ensure the reader sees the faces of those affected by such issues. From calling out the Elks Club very publicly on their segregationist policies, to having Bobby Kennedy help him find his mother in DC, to interviewing Nazis at a hate-in, to witnessing a mock exorcism in seminary school, Moore has been steadfast, courageous, and devoted in his endeavour for truth and justice. He triumphs once again in trying to connect with his reader/viewer through basic decency and common sense.
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Absolutely intriguing life stories of a rare breed: an American Progressive,
By Barbara D. "Barb" (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life (Hardcover)
I've only read a few books in my life-time that have had a real visceral impact on me, and this is one of them. As a Canadian, I had an extremely hard time wrapping my head around the concept of the murderous hate that many Americans held (and some still hold) against those who they feel are "socialist", "anti-war" or "anti-American" (you could use these terms interchangeably in the U.S.). Not just murderous hate, but real plans for murder. I couldn't understand how an entire nation could be brainwashed by government propaganda, even the so-called liberals, to the point where descent could be deadly.The first chapter thrusts the reader into that strange situation in the U.S. at the beginning of the Iraq war, a time of eerie silence from progressives and mainstream media, and a time when Canada, along with many other Countries, was belittled for our rightful stand against the war, vilified en-mass with Bush's statement "you are either with us, or you are against us". No one was more vilified, however, than their own Countrymen and women who dared to stand against this unjust, illegal war. Mr. Moore was one such man. Moore's book is engaging from that first chapter, and continued to engage me throughout. Not all of the stories were that visceral; some were funny, some sad, but all were interesting. There were many unexpected moments, and other times where there seemed to be some sort of invisible yet firm guiding force that moved Michael Moore in the direction he was meant to go, which was the direction the world needed him to go. There were times I wanted to reach into the book and throttle cruel, horrific individuals that it was Mr. Moore's misfortune to have encountered (most of all a despicable nurse Michael had to deal with as his mother lay dying). By the end of that chapter, I was sobbing. Each chapter is very much an individual story, and they are not in any chronological order which I found a little difficult at times as I tried to keep the sequence of events straight in my mind. Perhaps it wouldn't have been quite so interesting if it had been in order; it was certainly the right decision to start the book with his Oscar acceptance speech. At the end of the book, I immediately went to my computer, rented & watched the movie "Roger & Me", a movie I'd never seen before, and pretended I was in the first audience at it's debut film festival. Read the book and you'll understand why. It was the perfect way to end a book that was not just a great read, but an experience.
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