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As I already said, Hoop Dreams was a documentary. Startup.com was a documentary. Both of those films "documented" the subjects, and the subject matter and story was so compelling, that's where the entertainment and art form of moviemaking came in. King Gimp is another example that comes to mind. All of these films were documented so well, I have no idea who directed them. The focus was the amazing real-life story being presented.
With Moore's films, we know they're his. He never stops talking and he's in almost every scene. He edits, splices, transitions things in such a way as to present a different story than what actually occured, albeit usually more entertaining as well, making himself and his opinions and ideals, not the subject matter, the actual focal point of his works. More in the realm of "mockumentaries" or docutainmnet" or another of many possible hybrid terms than the dictionary definition of documentary, which you really can't argue with. The dictionary isn't biased, it's 100% factual, and most times it is the fact checker. I'm all for looking beyond, but I call this as I see it and as it is.