In the article, Working Class Hero the author speaks of Michael Moore as being a mixture of a smart authoritative figure but also a person like us. It talks about Moore's use of his authority to not just throw facts at the viewer to prove his claims but instead to enforce his persona on screen to get the audience to side with him in his arguments. The author claims that even with his limited understanding his persona gives the appearance of a lordly figure and portrays to the viewer that he is being extremely factual and believable. Moore nurses his distrust of people to get laughs out of the audience. He uses this humor to connect to the audience and show his disrespect of other authoritative figures. However, he does not take it so far as to cause the audience to distrust him. Instead, he carries an unexpected candor along with the tough exterior seen in the film. The author also talks of his anti-intellectualism. Moore brags of his own lack of education but in the film he combines his anti-intellectualism with seemingly innate wisdom. Moore was able to give the audience an upbeat ending without an optimistic narrative closure.