Super Size Me

I finally got around to seeing Morgan Spurlock's great film, Super Size Me. This film, and Fahrenheit 9 11 should be required viewing for everyone. It is chilling to watch the demise of Morgan's health in 30 short days. As his mood changes, as his energy dissipates, his waist grows, his face fills out, and then he begins to flush and break out. It truly is incredible to watch him metamorphosize in a month. To regain his pre-film level of health took him over a year and a half. One month to destroy himself... almost two years to recover.

AND thirteen bags of garbage for one month of one person eating. That is a LOT of garbage - and there would be those that would make the connection that he probably would have been better off eating the paper wrappers than the food.

I got a good laugh from his "man on the street" interviews, where he asks people what a calorie is. When he finally gets to a scientist for the correct answer, it is as if the "Hallelujah Chorus" is playing. Very funny, yes, but also it verified my general elitist feeling about the stupidity of the masses.

And if you still aren't horrified by this point, the DVD features some deleted scenes, all of which are worth watching, but please check out "The Smoking Fry" in which Morgan places one of each item on the McDonald's menu in glass jars for 10 months, to recorded their disintegration. It is fuzzy and oozy and I am sure, stinky, as one would expect...but keep your eyes on the fries.....