Supersize Me

     In a sense that obesity is a growing epidemic I think that the documentary was fairly realistic, but who actually eats McDonalds three times a day? Morgan did say that 22% of all McDonald?s consumers were known as super heavy users, which means that they eat McDonald?s food 3 times a week or more. I think Morgan conveyed his negative opinions about the fast food chains, particularly McDonalds very well although there may have been some dramatization. The people who are most affected by McDonalds marketing and pricing practices are definitely kids and/or lower budget people. The cheap food that supposedly fills you up for longer due to the long list of ingredients in

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Over the years, as obesity has become a growing concern society, role of fast food as a cause for obesity has been questioned. Morgan Spurlock’s concern for obesity motivates him to test an experiment on whether McDonald’s food poses a threat on one’s health. Under the close supervision of doctors Spurlock eats breakfast, lunch, and dinner at McDonalds for the next month the danger of McDonald’s food by eating it three times a day for the next month. As the director and main character in the documentary, Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock demonstrates his purpose by successfully developing and winning his argument along with using rhetorical appeals such as ethos, logos, and pathos.

Morgan Spurlock, a filmmaker, created a documentary film called Supersize Me which accentuates the message of what dangers of fast food and consequently their effects on our health. This belief was inspired from a lawsuit case of two girls who, at the time were suing McDonalds for their health issues, such as obesity. However, the girls lost to the lawsuit, the judge ruled that was no evidence of their sufficient health obesity was the cause of eating from McDonalds. Due to this lawsuit, he conducted an experiment only to eat McDonalds for a maximum of 30 days and investigate the impact of fast food on his health. During this documentary film, the following viewers went on the journey with Spurlock to witness the extravagant changes McDonalds

Although not stated outward until the very end of the documentary, a minor argument concerns whether or not the fast-food companies and chains should be responsible for the obesity it causes for its clientele. As informed to the audience, there have been multiple cases filed by numerous different people, suing these chains, a specific example being the ever popular McDonald's, for their weight gain and health issues.

Documentaries are used to entertain and to educate, and in order for a documentary to be successful, it has to inform the audience whilst entertaining them. Supersize Me is a documentary based around the negative effects of the fast food industry, constructed by Morgan Spurlock in 2004, it entertains the viewer and also provides information about various issues. In particular, the documentary explores the growing obesity epidemic in America and how this could be linked to fast food, the negative effects fast food has on an individuals physical and mental health and the publicity of the fast food industry. Spurlock uses a wide range of documentary techniques to make the audience believe in his ideas and opinions, for example he uses archival

Using this phenomenon, various types of media can promote change. Media does this by informing the general populace about a given dilemma, and by doing so their intent is people will realize the issue and attempt to rectify it. For example, the film Super Size Me, directed by Morgan Spurlock, discusses the issues with fast food chains, especially McDonalds. In the film, Spurlock eats McDonalds food every meal for an entire month to showcase the drastic ramifications fast food has on our physical health. Spurlock gained approximately 24 pounds and endured a few other side effects. Because of the film, McDonalds replaced the super size with a healthier option compared to the normal food. Based on the events of the film, it is clear to see how a single piece of media can promote change within a

In the article “Supersize me” by Alison Motluk, she brings up a very important topic about how it's not fat people's fault on the way they are. She talks about how towns,cities,states were basically designed in a way to make an abundance of food products available to society with such high health risk basically and for a very low price. She blames the economy for the reason we have such a high obesity rate here in America but many other places as well..What she really tries to enforce is that the Economy was purposely made in a way to get others fat/obese and how it is not the persons fault for becoming greatly overweight. In addition, she uses mainly Logos and Ethos to effectively support her claim on how Americans and society being obese

‘Super Size Me’ is a 2004 documentary of social commentary which follows Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker who ate only McDonald’s food for 30 days. The film documents this lifestyle’s dramatic effect on Spurlock’s physical and mental well-being, while exploring the fast food industry’s corporate influence and contribution to the American obesity epidemic. ‘Super Size Me’ aims to inform its audience about America’s obesity crisis and to convince them that fast food chains should be liable for this epidemic issue.

I agree with Jasmine about the film Super Size Me and it’s explorative position of Morgan’s documentary film. It is a truly a realistic film that will help viewers see what McDonalds and bad food choices will do to our bodies. Morgan showed the audience every step he had taken to make us see how bad McDonalds is for us and how obesity is one of the biggest problem in not only America, but all over the world. Morgan not only gave us the facts, but he gave us the results of his visit with the doctors before and after. Not once did he try to make us believe his views, instead he made us decide for ourselves by really watching the outcome of his 30 day McDonalds experiment. As much as the doctors tried to stop Morgan from continuing his experiment

The movie/documentary Super Size Me is based on Morgan Spurlock, an independent film director, who ate nothing but McDonald’s for 30 days straight. In those 30 days Morgan Spurlock the director of the film suffered both physically and mentally; his liver, psychological state and mood were severely affected. In those 30 days, with three meals a day, the amount of fast food food that he had eaten was equivalent to the amount of fast food a majority of nutritionists say you should eat in eight years. Many Americans have tried to sue a variety of fast food chains. They say that it was the restaurants fault that they became fat or obese; which in part may be true, but the fast food corporations claim that it is common knowledge that fast food is unhealthy for you.

In a society that is facing numerous problems, such as economic devastation, one major problem is often disregarded, growing obesity. As the American society keeps growing, so does growth of the fast food industry and the epidemic of obesity. In order to further investigate the main cause of obesity, Morgan Spurlock, the film director and main character, decides to criticize the fast food industry for its connection with obesity in America. In his documentary Spurlock performs a radical experiment that drives him to eat only from McDonald's and order a super-sized meal whenever he is asked. By including visual and textual techniques, rhetorical appeals, and argumentative evidences, Morgan Spurlock was able

In the movie “Super Size Me” Morgan Spurlock performed an experiment where he ate McDonald's food for a month. This meant eating three meals a day of only food on the McDonald’s menu. If the worker asked him if he wanted to supersize, he had to say yes. Morgan’s goal was to find out if fast food is truly the cause of obesity and health problems. In the beginning, Morgan was in excellent health.

One of the films that struck me the most was “Killing Us Softly”, the documentary on how advertising and the whole media in general can basically run this entire world. Sounds a bit drastic, but I really believe that this statement is true because of the many horrible incidents that happen throughout the world today. The documentary effectively demonstrated how easy it is for advertising to send across many different hidden meanings that can cause tremendous effects like bulimia, rapes, murders, disrespect towards women and vise versa, and several other things like making a weak minded person go crazy. For example, if for decades all the media has been showing is women who barely weigh 110 lbs,

When Zana Briski traveled to Calcutta’s impoverished red light district in 1997, she did not expect her documentary capturing the lives of eight marginalized children would arouse the consciousness of millions of people around the world. By displaying the poverty and grime of the brothel while publicizing children’s artwork and their lofty dreams to become educated, the documentary “Born into Brothels” succeed in raising awareness and attracting financial support worldwide to provide these children with reachable quality education. In other words, it is the film as well as the discussions related to it on various media platforms that brought about life-changing opportunities for those eight children, which evidently unfolds the