Moore brings 'Big One,' book tour to A2

With a Northwestern University baseball cap and his standard attire (suit coat, jeans and sneakers) Michael Moore took the stage at the Michigan Theater last Friday to cheers and whistles. Ann Arbor gave the Flint native a welcome usually reserved for hometown heroes.

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	The Big One Screening & book signing

Moore gave a brief speech to kick off the evening that brought the audience up to date on what has been going on in his life since his last trip to Ann Arbor. After kicking off his book tour here last fall for the New York Times Best Seller, "Downsize This! Random Thoughts From an Unarmed American," Moore hit 47 U.S. cities in just a few weeks.

After the first few cities, Moore began to get the feeling he had just before he made his first movie, "Roger & Me." The hilarious story about Moore's vain attempts to interview Roger Smith, CEO of GM, to show him what the Flint plant closing did to his hometown became a huge success. So, Moore did what he felt he needed to do: He gathered a film crew and brought them along on his book tour.

His creation, "The Big One," was even better than "Roger & Me," and even more in-your-face. With a stop-over in Milwaukee, Moore visited company that had just announced it was packing up and moving to Mexico after years of record profits.

Michael Moore visited Ann Arbor Friday

Moore walked in with a a big novelty check for $0.80, to pay for the first hour of labor for an exploited Mexican worker.

As in "Roger & Me," Moore spends the entire movie trying to save the working man while making the executives look like incompetent boobs.This movie holds a huge surprise at the end, everyone will get a chance to see it when it is widely released in 1998.

During the Q & A following the movie, Moore took on all questions ranging from unions to women's rights with fervor and sincerity. He even maintained poise and control when one student began to berate him over not receiving credit for work done on "The Big One."

Moore, a staunch supporter of the U.S. government, encouraged the audience to become more involved in the working of democracy.

Moore recognizes the irony of his popularity; big corporations fund his movies and books, and those are the people he is trying to shut down. He longs for the day when he is no longer being signed by these companies, for that would signal that they will no longer be free to walk over the working man anymore.

Oh, and the baseball hat? Mr. Goss, he won't wear the beloved 'M' until we clean up our athletic department. Sept. 19 at the Michigan Theater

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