I told you Morgan Spurlock was a crackpot before. He continually claimed that his film, Super Size Me (that's super size, as in the mcdonald's phrase) was NOT attacking McDonald's, and that it wasn't aimed at McDonald's. A silly claim for a movie which has a McDonald's slogan as a title, has a fat Ronald McDonald on the movie posters, and the entire (mock) documentary is based on his eating MCDONALDS and nothing but it for a month (or was it longer?)
You knew when he kept trying to deny the obvious that his truth telling was suspect.
Then, the very outcome of the film- if you eat NOTHING but McDonald's for every single meal every single day, you'll gain weight, and you won't be as healthy. Well, stop the fucking presses, Spurlock has made the discovery of the century. Fast food companies are evil is the message you'll get from the film, and they're out to fool dumb consumers into thinking they can eat fast food for every meal and be as healthy as can be...of course we know this isn't true, because common sense tells us that the average person is smart enough to know that fast food every single meal is NOT healthy. The average person knows that, gosh- if you do eat nothing but fast food, you will probably be sick.
Spurlock's diet while making the film was absurd as it was...for people who eat fast food a lot (not every meal- I've never met anyone who does that), no one eats as much as he did in every sitting. I don't know many people that eat 3 meals a day, let alone 3 meals and all of them at a fast food joint. I don't know anyone who ALWAYS goes and ALWAYS orders the super size drink, fries, etc. So, we can easily deduce that his diet while doing all of this was ridiculously obscene and not at all realistic- which makes his entire point a moot one. If you're eating a diet and you MIGHT be able to find a handful of people in the entire nation that eat the same exact way (even that is doubtful when you think about it!), isn't your entire thesis ruined?
The point is- Spurlock's film was poorly thought out, his goal to attack fast food was already written in stone before he began, and the documentary, overall, was just an attack on the fast food companies- McDonald's in particular...which is fine, you can make attack pieces all you want, but he was never honest about his true intent, and he pretended this was a serious quest (he acted shocked when his doctor examined him afterwards- trust me, Morgan, you were the ONLY one shocked.)
His new project on FX...a "reality"/documentary series called 30 Days, it turns out, is just as phony...
http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110006868
Debbie Schlussel was asked to be on an upcoming episode of the show...an episode about muslims living in America, and as was the case with Super Size Me, Morgan had the ending set in stone before he even began the episode. The premise of the show is that he will take different people and put them in someone elses shoes for 30 days and document what happens to them...
In her article about this, Debbie quotes the show summary from the producers:
"This process aims to deconstruct common misconceptions and stereotypes. . . . Our character will learn firsthand about Islam and the daily issues that . . . Muslims in America face today. The viewers will witness our character emerge from the immersion situation with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the Muslim-American experience. . . . The potential is great for this program to enlighten a national television audience about the Muslim American experience and increase their compassion, understanding and support."
The producers for the show are the same ones who did Michael Moore's TV show, The Awful Truth. I think that says it all. Spurlock who showed himself to be incapable of even honesty with his "documentary" (hit piece) on fast food with producers from a Michael Moore TV show- maybe the title of the show should be, As Much Dishonest Propaganda We Could Pack Into a TV Series!
As was missing from Super Size Me...don't expect any truth to come out of this series. Unfortunately, like Michael Moore, Spurlock will fool millions into buying his bologna...for the rest of us who know better, we'll be sitting this one out.