The Analysis of Michael Moore’s Documentary, “Sicko”
The film subject to criticism, is Michael Moore’s “Sicko”. A film which is based on the condemnation of the American healthcare system, from an extremely democratic point of view. Although the film does measures in exposing the flaws of the American healthcare system, there are issues which lie in Moore’s criticism. Including the filmmakers “liberal-conservative” bias, the repetitiveness of certain points, and the portrayal of extremities. The analysis of the American healthcare system portrayed in this film is deemed invalid, due to the fact that Moore is a left-wing democrat, which holds a heavy bias towards socialistic views and universal healthcare, which invalidates his argument, criticizing …show more content…
In the film, he travels to places such as Canada, and England, to inquire more about the healthcare systems in place there. Now in terms of basic literature this is a good idea. To contrast the differences, but it does not add up. Moore travels to these countries which are far more advanced in terms of healthcare, that do have a universal system. Thus, contextually, this makes no sense. A liberal such as Michael Moore living in a conservative country, travels to other liberal countries to exemplify how the system is failing. It may be failing, but all in all, it is just a matter of political ideology, some people believe universal healthcare is better, and some believe it is better to be run as a business, therefore it is opinion based, Moore is speaking as if his opinion is …show more content…
For example, he meets up with a Canadian golfer, and this is where he gets the purest of answers. He asks, “Why don’t you think Americans believe in the Canadian way?” The mans simply answers, “the powers don’t share Canadian beliefs.” Moore constantly asked the same questions, inquiring about prices and treatment, and constantly gets the same exact answers, extremely repetitive to watch. By the end of the film, the viewer would have been able to tell that Moore used every extremity in the book to attack the American system to piece together this
The film subject to criticism, is Michael Moore’s “Sicko”. A film which is based on the condemnation of the American healthcare system, from an extremely democratic point of view. Although the film does measures in exposing the flaws of the American healthcare system, there are issues which lie in Moore’s criticism. Including the filmmakers “liberal-conservative” bias, the repetitiveness of certain points, and the portrayal of extremities. The analysis of the American healthcare system portrayed in this film is deemed invalid, due to the fact that Moore is a left-wing democrat, which holds a heavy bias towards socialistic views and universal healthcare, which invalidates his argument, criticizing …show more content…
In the film, he travels to places such as Canada, and England, to inquire more about the healthcare systems in place there. Now in terms of basic literature this is a good idea. To contrast the differences, but it does not add up. Moore travels to these countries which are far more advanced in terms of healthcare, that do have a universal system. Thus, contextually, this makes no sense. A liberal such as Michael Moore living in a conservative country, travels to other liberal countries to exemplify how the system is failing. It may be failing, but all in all, it is just a matter of political ideology, some people believe universal healthcare is better, and some believe it is better to be run as a business, therefore it is opinion based, Moore is speaking as if his opinion is …show more content…
For example, he meets up with a Canadian golfer, and this is where he gets the purest of answers. He asks, “Why don’t you think Americans believe in the Canadian way?” The mans simply answers, “the powers don’t share Canadian beliefs.” Moore constantly asked the same questions, inquiring about prices and treatment, and constantly gets the same exact answers, extremely repetitive to watch. By the end of the film, the viewer would have been able to tell that Moore used every extremity in the book to attack the American system to piece together this