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November 5, 2011
At Occupy Denver, a testy Michael Moore waves off questions about his wealth
Leftist filmmaker Michael Moore got a warm welcome at Occupy Denver on Thursday when speaking to some 1,000 leftist protesters and signing autographs. But Moore's upbeat mood turned ugly when a local TV reporter dared to ask him whether -- with a net worth of $50 million -- he wasn't part of the "1 percent" of wealthy Americans whom he and the protesters were vilifying.
Moore was in Denver for a book signing for his recent memoir, "Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life." But the real story was Moore's appearance at Occupy Denver in the downtown - an event filled with the contradictions and absurdities also on display at similar anti-Wall Street protests around the country; protests that have drawn a strange mix of trust-fund kids, anarchists, communists, and scruffy street hustlers and petty criminals.
As entertainment goes, the give-and-take between Moore and local CBS reporter Evrod Cassimy was especially entertaining. Moore grew testy and defensive as he was peppered with...(Read Full Post)