I rented Super Size Me and just finished watching it for the second time. Loved it. Worshipped it. So funny, so infuriating, so well done. Go rent it. And don't eat the McGriddle.
One of the most striking subjects of the film was the heavy marketing of convenience foods to children. My high school sold Taco Bell Chilitos and Bean Burritos for lunch. My daily diet often consisted of a warm Otis Spunkmeyer chocolate chip cookie and a small fountain Coke for breakfast (yeah, I know, I know) and a Bean Burrito or a heat lamp pastrami sandwich for lunch. You'd be hard pressed to find anything green or fresh for lunch, except the occasional mealy red apple. How can kids make the right decisions about food when there aren't any good choices offered by the schools? It's like telling kids to stay off drugs and then selling crack and smack in the cafetorium at recess. Sure, they don't HAVE to spend money on the crack and smack, but all their friends are buying; besides, it's SO UNCOOL to brown-bag homemade crystal.
Anyway, watch it. Morgan Spurlock, you are a good man with a very cool name.
P.S. The film features an interview with a fat French lady who refers to McDonald's as "Mac-Doo".
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