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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Rainn Wilson to Narrate Pro-Capitalism Documentary, 'The New Recruits'

Posted by: Matt Lewis at 4:37 PM

On the heels of Michael Moore's recent anti-capitalism film, an upcoming documentary seeks to position capitalism as the newest weapon in the fight against global poverty.

"The New Recruits" -- which is due out in January -- is the tale of three recent business school grads who travel to third world countries and use the principles of capitalism to bring about positive social change.

For example, they spent a year addressing problems like water shortages in Pakistan and the lack of electricity in rural India. And one of the cast members travels to Nairobi, Kenya to help get pay-per-use toilets in the slums to counter the health and sanitation problems caused by human waste.

... And here's the best part: Emmy Award-nominated actor Rainn Wilson, who stars as Dwight Schrute on NBC’s comedy series The Office, narrates the film. “I’m thrilled to be doing narration for the documentary The New Recruits,” said Rainn Wilson. “It’s a fascinating and often hysterical study of the challenges of capitalism in the developing world. Plus, I sound amaaaazing.”

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Back2Dixie writes:	Tuesday, October, 20, 2009 5:08 PM
Dwight supports capitalism
A funny actor, but his character is the poster child for the evils of capitalism. Or at least that is what the critics will claim.
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jg writes:	Tuesday, October, 20, 2009 8:52 PM
As well he should...
... support capitalism, that is. The case for capitalism is intellectually robust. It's about time someone confronted the 'critics' with a film based on experience.
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Spontaneous writes:	Tuesday, October, 20, 2009 11:12 PM
The crowd who hates Hollywood....
ALWAYS shows their true colors (read: shallow stupidity) when they finally think they've landed one of their 'own' to tout as star power for the highly unpopular Republican/Rightwing. By the way, less than 20% of Americans are willing to admit they are Republicans. {snicker}
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Corndog writes:	Wednesday, October, 21, 2009 6:19 AM
Hey here's an idea,
lets change the world standard from the US Dollar to 'Schrute Bucks'.
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jg writes:	Friday, October, 23, 2009 5:18 PM
Test
Do comments come up here anymore? Sorry about the distraction.
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