But Moore, the large, lumbering, man who broke through the Hollywood chandeliers, is saying a big "ThankYou" to his critics, specially the protest organizers, for giving him even more publicity than Disney’sabdication and the Palme d'Or at Cannes had ensured. He promises to send them a Christmas card. That heis a partisan is not news. That he is an unabashed populist is also well known. In every film, he goes back tohis working class roots in Flint, Michigan and connects real life to decisions made by politicians. At leasthe is not cynical enough to claim he is fair when he is clearly not. Art cannot be made by consensus and itshould never try to please everyone. And as Costa-Gavras said, "when it does, it’s no longer anything todo with art." The film is a stimulating blend of art and propaganda, investigative journalism and"gotcha" trickery, often brilliant but sometimes gratuitous. It is a small step towards balancing thedebate.