Moore's little film is doing OK

By now, you all know that Fahrenheit 9/11 did very, very well in its opening weekend -- US$21.8 million, #1 at the box office, the biggest opening weekend for a feature-length documentary ever.

But I wanted to point out this paragraph from the New York Times report:

"We sold out in Fayetteville, home of Fort Bragg," in North Carolina, Mr. Moore said on Sunday. "We sold out in Army-base towns. We set house records in some of these places. We set single-day records in a number of theaters. We got standing ovations in Greensboro, N.C.

"The biggest news to me this morning is this is a red-state movie," he said, referring to the state whose residents voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 election. "Republican states are embracing the movie, and it's sold out in Republican strongholds all over the country."

And you know what that means? That means hope.