24 November 2004Cinema
Super Size Me
Morgan Spurlock's documentary Super Size Me was just the movie to watch to keep anyone from overindulging at the Thanksgiving table.
Spulock's movie documents his plunge down the fast food dark side to eat nothing but Mickey D's for thirty days. His rules included trying everything on the menu, not consuming anything that McDonald's did not sell (including aspirin, which his doctor prescribed when he started having chest pains), and only "super-size" when asked.
This movie was truly disturbing. There are so many nasty things to choose from, but I will give you but a few.
*Spulock includes session with doctors and nutritionists pre, during and post consumption in which he goes from the picture of perfect health to someone who's liver was pickling and on the verge of heart failure.
*He barfs the first time he tries to get down a super sized Mac meal.
*He shows a group of first graders a series of pictures. More can recognize Ronald McDonald than George Washington or George Bush.
Hopefully no one out there in the world is eating McDonald's or any fast food three times a day (And I say that as a former employee and a shareholder). You just have to see this movie for yourself. You'll never look at fast food the same way again.
Posted by andrew at November 24, 2004 09:10 PM
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'Super Size Me'.