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This 8 page paper examines the rhetorical techniques Michael Moore uses as he takes us along on his various crusades against social injustice. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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at the mouth at the mention of his name. But love him or hate him, theres no denying that he is one of the most influential filmmakers working today,
and that he has reinvigorated documentary film. This paper examines the rhetorical techniques Michael Moore uses as he takes us along on his various crusades against social injustice. Rhetorical
Style Michael Moore uses many different rhetorical styles throughout his films, and although his technique has evolved (that is, hes gotten better at what he does, as we all do
with practice) I dont believe hes changed his approach in any significant way. That is, those techniques that served him well in Roger & Me are still present in
Fahrenheit 9/11. Moore has become known, most of all, for his confrontational style; he will go right up to the headquarters of a multi-national corporation and demand to
see the CEO and ask him why hes shipped jobs overseas, for instance. In addition, he uses "visual imagery to dissect corporate America" and has fashioned himself into a
sort of "working class hero" by appearing in scruffy clothes and a baseball cap (Mattson, 2003). He presents himself as an ordinary working-class American trying to get answers:
he depicts "a working-class heroic persona trying to speak truth to power" (Mattson, 2003). This persona is "integral to Moores success," as is the fact that he "places himself at
the centre [sic] of his films" (Wilshire, 2004). In Bowling for Columbine, the film he made about the horrific school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, he not only narrates the
film but includes home movie footage of himself, growing up in Michigan-again reinforcing his "man of the people" image (Wilshire, 2004). He looks like a "loveable bear," complete with
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