Makes sense. I thought it odd someone could pickle their liver in 21 days with McDonald's.
Morgan Spurlock, who lived on McD's for 30 days, dies at 53.
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The fact that he's a fraud does kind of need to be brought up. I think most people know about the movie. I think far fewer people knew that many of the claims are fraudulent.
I'm not going to pretend like McDonalds food is generally healthy. It's just not nearly as toxic as he was making it out to be.
My theory is that he made the movie just to get laid more by his vegan girlfriend.
Anyways, I do hope that he straightened himself out and I do feel for his family and friends.
The only reason people have heard of him is the documentary, so if that's BS then it's kind of an important part of his legacy.
And I guess I don’t think that pointing that out is really stomping on someone’s grave
Which was more important historically, the veracity of the tale or shining a light on the topic?
CycloneErik
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If it's not true then what are you actually shining a light on?
CycloneErik
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I doubt he set out to misinform. It just turned out that hard to manage mitigating factors influenced the narrative. Since those types tend to cling to denial, I imagine he also denied internally that he may not have been projecting a scientific outcome. But what sample of one is ever valid anyway? It’s the viewers’ duty to realize THAT much.
If you set out to make a documentary about health and don't disclose that you're a long time alcoholic that seems kind of important.
CycloneErik
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I'd wager that he sensed a chance to grift and charged ahead. It's not like he didn't know about his own drinking.
I honestly don’t remember what his outcome was. I saw the doc when it was reasonably new. But all I remember it for is being novel and provocative.
Wait, you’re telling me a documentary peddling in shock value withheld some things??
Next you’re going to tell me To Make a Murderer wasn’t 100% truthful
The legacy of Supersize Me isn’t whether that was a controlled scientific experiment, it’s the awareness it brought to the general public about what was going on in the fast food industry at the time.
Next you’re going to tell me To Make a Murderer wasn’t 100% truthful
The legacy of Supersize Me isn’t whether that was a controlled scientific experiment, it’s the awareness it brought to the general public about what was going on in the fast food industry at the time.
He'd be what, maybe 5% as famous as he is without that project? I don't really think it's out of line to say he's a fraud.
Thank God. Now that I learned he was drinking during the documentary, I can safely go back to the All-McDonald’s diet I’ve been craving.
No one is arguing that McDonald’s is healthy, seem awfully sensitive about this subject.
In his partial defense
Who hasn't been an alcoholic and strung out on fast food?
I shall not cast the first stone
