Dude, Where's My Country?

By: Michael Moore

Narrated by: D. David Morin

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

He is the scourge of Stupid White Men everywhere. He's taken on fat cats, gun nuts, lying politicians. The Guardian describes him as "a wake-up call, a kick in the mental backside". And now Michael Moore is back, daring to ask the most urgent question of these perilous times: Dude, Where's My Country?

Michael Moore is on a mission in his new book: regime change. The man who slithered into the White House on tracks greased by his daddy's oil buddies is one of the many targets in Mike's blistering follow-up to his smash number one Stupid White Men, the biggest selling nonfiction book of the year. Now no one is safe: corporate barons who have bilked millions out of their employees' lifetime savings, legislators who have stripped away our civil liberties in the name of "homeland security", and even that right-wing brother-in-law of yours (yes, we all have one) who manages, year after year, through his babbling idiocy, to ruin Thanksgiving dinner.

Fearless, funny and furious, Michael Moore's new book is the call to arms we've all been waiting for, the kind of book that comes along once every so often that rallies citizens with humor and insight and changes the course of the country.

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Critic reviews

"Moore focuses on issues." ( Publishers Weekly)

Wrong Narrator

This would have been a much better audio book if Michael Moore himself had read it. The narrator is ok but he doesn't give it the sense of outrage and sarcasm that are in the words.

Dude what took me so long to get this book

This is a well written book and does just want it is meant to do, wake you up. I loved it, I felt as if the research done was complete and accurate. He showed us a side of the US that we all knew was there but no one really wants to look at, including me. We live in one of the greatest countries, as Michael Moore points out several times, but sometimes we do not show that we really understand that. Michael Moore shows us how great our country is by even writing this book when many other countries would have said NO WAY. But the USA says bring it on, it is your right to say what you feel and no one can take that away from you. Whether or not you agree with Michael Moore is irrelevant, but if you want to hear someone else's opinions which are backed by very good facts, then read this book. Hopefully you will read this book and learn something more about your country, whether it is showing that your president is doing an amazing job or that change is needed, you will be a more rounded person because you have opened your eyes to somethign else. All in all Michael Moore showed Americans something wonderful, he showed us our 1st Amendement Rights and showed us just how beautiful they are.

What made us great - and where did we go wrong

Where does Dude, Where's My Country? rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

top 50%

What did you like best about this story?

honesty

Which character – as performed by D. David Morin – was your favorite?

none in particular

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No

Any additional comments?

Michael Moore -does a good job on exposing all of his subjects to areas that should be exposed

Bitter ranting on a wide range of topics

I'm generally a fan of Michael Moore's documentaries, this is the first of his books I've read (listened to). If you're of a like mind to Mr. Moore, you'll find this covers ground you already know and share offense about. In that case it's just not entertaining or informative. The tone of this book is consistently bitter and harsh, with none of the humor I normally see in Mr. Moore's films. The narration doesn't help any either. I actually gave up on the book about 3/4 of the way through. I'd recommed Al Franken's "Lies and the Lying Liers Who Tell Them" instead. That book is more focused, and is consistently funny and informative.

Not Moore's best, despite shining moments

I love Michael Moore, but I have to say this isn't his best work. Michael is at his best when he's mercilessly hammering away at a single issue from every angle, leaving his quarry with nowhere to run. Here, he takes swipes at a few too many targets and while it is, at times, thought provoking and insightful, he tends to ramble and get lost in his own tangents, until he eventually runs out of steam. Still, the "Questions for George of Arabia" chapter is alone worth the price of the book.

Good book - lame reader

Michael Moore delivers another gut-level appraisal on our world today, and how Bush & Company have screwed it up. Point by point, Moore informs - hilariously - how we've been royally messed up by the actions of Bush.

One big complaint - the narrator is clueless on how to pronounce many place names, people, and technical terms. My favorite: he is telling a story about how some fool marked an empty can "sarin gas" to trick people into thinking it had poision gas; the narrator calls it "satin gas" three times! Didn't know there was a "satin" gas, or that it was dangerous. He's also not very intuitive about his phrasing - things would make more sense if he understood what he was reading and said them in a way that the average person would understand.

Fine Words Killed by an Awful Voice

Michael Moore has a singular combination of political savvy and comic talent that allows him to go on humorous, thought provoking rants. In "stupid white men", Arte Johnson translated Moore's writing style perfectly, to the point when Moore narrates a particularly intense passage himself, it is almost a relief to return to Johnson's calmer narration.

In "Dude", however, the narrator sounds as if he is reading a grocery list, making Moore's humorous text sound plain and bitter. While there could be some irony in the narrators voice if he had sounded just a little more corporate (considering Moore's theme is so anti-corporate), the narrator goes from boring to corny. It's a shame, and If you are a Michael Moore fan it makes you wonder if this choice of narrator was chosen by the publisher on purpose as a small dig to their bestselling but sometimes irritating gadfly.

Do yourself a favor, buy the printed version and have a freind read it aloud, and hope that Moore's next book is read by someone with a sense of humor. Read author-narrated gems like Al Franken's or Sarah Vowell's latest instead.

Dude Where's My Country

Biased and should not be taken seriously. From the beginning it is evident that the author has preconceived notions. There's definately nothing informative about it. It's just bitter and mean spirited. There is no call for unity of Americans. Disruptive and intentionally causes division amoung Americans when we should all be fighting for our country...by coming together. Way to go.

Moore is as dishonest as he is obese.

Michael Moore's reasoning ability is surpassed by that of a small soap dish. His cliched diatribes are becoming as predictable as they are fatuous.

Dude, Where's my country?

Michael Moore articulates my rage about being told to 'move on.'

I empathize with the title, "Where's my country?" It's amazing to me that one election could cause the whole country to trash.

The one-sided view of the major media keeps the public in the dark. The stolen election leaves people feelingg hopeless.