#super size me

[kingofdoma]

best description of morgan spurlock's legacy ever

[peteneems]

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Sean and I were talking about this again tonight for some reason, and I wanted to make sure people knew that when Morgan Spurlock was filming Super Size Me, he was a heavy alcoholic who was hiding his drinking from at least the audience and the doctor who was evaluating him.

Specifically, this moment from the documentary is very important:

At one point in the doc, Spurlock’s doctor tells him he’s “pickling” his liver, which he said resembled an “alcoholic’s after a binge.”

It wasn't the fast food making him feel so shitty, and it wasn't the fast food causing all his medical issues. It was the heavy levels of drinking.

I want to be very clear: I grew up and still have to deal with a very alcoholic parent. It fucking sucks. And almost worse than the drinking is the lies that get told to cover the drinking. To pretend it isn't happening. To act like it's not that bad. When my mother ended up with literal bone death in her hip, she said, "It's so odd that I had this happen; it usually only happens to people who abuse steroids." Years later when my right hip started hurting, I looked up the issue my mom had because I wanted to know if there was a genetic chance I'd gotten it. No genetic chance. There is a second thing than can cause it, though. Severe alcoholism. My mother will tell you she's not an alcoholic with a straight face but then adjust her medical information so she can keep the lie up. In fact, I'm certain she didn't go to the doctor about the pain until the bone death was well on its way (an excruciating experience) because she was afraid she'd be asked about her drinking.

Spurlock made a documentary they literally showed in high schools to teach kids not to eat fast food knowing full fucking well it wasn't the fast food that was doing those things to his body. But he chose to not only lie for a documentary, but to continue the lie while that documentary was used as "proof" that fast food is terrible for you. Spurlock's work in Super Size Me made fast food a bigger stigma than it already was and the result of the lies in that movie affected policy decisions while being not just misleading by accident or on purpose (on purpose example: Michael Moore getting the rifle at the bank) but 100% a known lie from the filmmaker himself.

[cleoenfaserum]

This Diet Is Bananas

BILL NYE SAVES THE WORLD S01E08

In episode eight of Bill Nye Saves the World, titled "This Diet Is Bananas," Bill Nye delves into the world of fad diets and examines the science behind some of the most popular trends. With the help of fellow experts in the field of nutrition and health, Nye takes a scientific approach to debunking and demystifying the questionable claims made by many fad diets and the industries that profit from them.

1-link https://ok.ru/video/332810357334

SOPHIE THATCHER as IRIS Companion (2025) Dir. Drew Hancock tumblr source midge-maisell Jan 11

Burning calories ...

2-link https://youtu.be/vCORDl4bqDE

I asked AI GPT the following question, what movie could you recommend dealing on the subject of OBESITY and this is what it suggested or said:

A great movie that tackles the subject of obesity is Super Size Me (2004), a documentary by Morgan Spurlock. In it, Spurlock eats only McDonald's food for 30 days to examine the effects of fast food on health. It explores obesity, diet, and the fast-food industry's impact on public health.

Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003, during which he claimed to consume only McDonald's food, although he later disclosed he was also drinking heavy amounts of alcohol. The film documents the drastic change on Spurlock's physical and psychological health and well-being. It also explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit and gain.

See the documentary below...

3-link https://youtu.be/x3VnhYL7NEo

AI GPT continued to say: If you're looking for a fictional take, The Whale (2022), starring Brendan Fraser, is a powerful drama about a man struggling with severe obesity and personal trauma.

The Whale is a 2022 American psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and adapted by Samuel D. Hunter, based on his 2012 play of the same name. The plot follows a morbidly obese, house bound English teacher who tries to restore his relationship with his teenage daughter, whom he had abandoned eight years earlier.

4-llink https://youtu.be/KCWQaEjSk4A

Well, another suggestion by AI GPT which is the one I liked most is the following

Thinner (marketed as Stephen King's Thinner) is a 1996 American body horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell and Holland. The film is based on Stephen King's 1984 novel of the same name (which he wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) The film takes us to an obese lawyer who accidentally kills a Romani woman is cursed by the woman's father to rapidly lose weight.

Watch film below ...

5-link https://ok.ru/video/2572739217977

[sluttypatrickstar]

morgan spurlock is dead

[loveboatinsanity]

R.I.P. Morgan Spurlock

[estellamiraiauthor]

The guy who made Super Size Me died and it didn’t have a damn thing to do with that one time he ate a shit ton of McDonald’s, and I guess my takeaway is: Life is short. Have the Big Mac or the beer or the slice of chocolate cake if it makes you happy. Why the fuck not?

[digitalisnarcissus]

I do not have any good things to say about Morgan Spurlock, he seemed not great in his personal life, and it might be easy to think that that's what people are being mean about. Rest assured he was also terrible at his job.

I recommend Maintenance Phase's episode on supersize me if you like to wallow in ancient drama (and who doesn't)

[halfberry]

Tbh I thought the second Supersize Me was a lot better than the first one. In the second one he points out all the flaws in the system compared to the first one where he goes around wagging the finger at random fat folk on the street for eating a big mac. I didn't wholly disagree with the whole ethos of the movie like how the fast food industry and food conglomerates fucking suck and how, more importantly, the food itself sucks but why go gunning for the customers rather than the golden arches themselves? That's where I think his movie falls flat on its ass. That and the fact he was a booze hound and his liver was fucked before he even started invalidating the whole thing.

But yeah the second movie is a lot better because he exposes grody shit about the system like the lawsuits, chicken farmer slave contracts and those godamn horrifying frankenchickens he raises. I also found a recipe for his crispy chicken sandwich and I made it and I hate to admit it but the Spurlock chicken sandwich was fucking bitchin' lmao

[shockissheep]

New releases of Super Size Me should come with a disclaimer at the beginning that reads: "Due to inflation, none of this film matters and never did. Viewer discretion is advised."

[tubbytransman]

This is in my pinned upload too but I want to state it here for others to share.

I like it when you call me a pig, piggy, hog, whale, lard ass, lard tank, ect.

And I need DMs. Send them all to me.

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

Morgan Spurlock

He was only 53 and just died from cancer. Morgan made multiple ‘Super Size Me’ documentaries where he put his own body on the line by eating large amounts of fast food to test its effects 🖤🖤🖤

Le réalisateur de documentaires Morgan Spurlock, qui avait fait de la nourriture et des régimes américains l'œuvre de sa vie, ne mangeant que chez McDonald's pendant un mois pour illustrer les dangers d'un régime de restauration rapide, est décédé à l'âge de 53 ans ce jeudi 23 mai 2024 à New York des complications d'un cancer. Le documentariste avait fait sensation en 2004 avec son film révolutionnaire Super Size Me la malbouffe à l'américaine, et il a récidivé en 2019 avec Super Size Me 2  Holy Chicken sur une industrie qui transforme 9 milliards de poulets par année en Amérique.

Morgan Spurlock s'improvisait éleveur de poulets dans son documentaire. Cinéaste déjanté où gonzo qui se penchait sur le bizarre et le ridicule. Ses touches stylistiques comprenaient des graphismes vifs et une musique amusante, mêlant un style de caméra à la Michael Moore, avec son propre sens de l'humour et du pathétique.

[voidingintotheshout]

Controversial Director Morgan Spurlock died today at the age of 53. Known for both the movie super size me which ended the supersize meal option at McDonald’s and also for his habit of predatory behavior, which ended his career. In the end though, no matter what your opinion of him, you have to admit that… he has died.

[unofskylanderspages]

Di you know? Pop Fizz's second Wow Pow!, "Oversize ME!" could be a pun on the 2004 American documentary film Super Size Me.