Thirty days of eating only McDonald’s – what could go wrong? TIA TAVITA gets down to the nitty gritty details of what eating everything on the McDonald’s menu can do for you.
Filmmaker of Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock used himself as a guinea pig to consume everything on the McDonald’s menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked every day for an entire month, so that you don’t have to.
Filmmakers and producers spend millions of dollars and work tirelessly to show us the truth of reality with validity and creativity. But is it really the truth? Whose truth is it?
Documentaries cleverly exploit and illustrate a captivating non-fictional motion picture to persuade us using a series of film techniques that leave us wanting to make a change to our world today; in Morgan Spurlock’s case – obesity.
Just like Jaws kept you out of the water, Supersize Me will keep you out of the fast food
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McDonald’s and their competitors continuously receive bad press for supposedly being the reason our world is obese but they don’t force food down the throats of children and adults; they purely provide food options for people to purchase as they wish. It’s not like they promote healthy eating right?
Supersize Me should act as a wake-up call to not only America but everyone to end the treacherous lifestyle we will gain by supporting unhealthy food companies. Obesity is a social dilemma and an epidemic that needs to be taken care of.
It was clear that Morgan Spurlock revealed the truth behind what eating McDonald’s every single day for a month will do to the human body but whose truth is it anyway? In Supersize Me, it’s Morgan Spurlock’s truth and those who watched the film became accustomed to his opinion, his ideologies and most importantly, his version of the truth but is it really the
Analysis of Documentary: Supersize Me The McDonald’s Corporation, the largest fast food chain in the world, was once known as a carefree place for people to consume a cheap and convenient meal. However, in the last decade, the restaurant has transformed into the main representation of global obesity. In 2004, an expository documentary was released that gave audiences a chance to view the effects of consuming an excessive amount of fast food from McDonald’s. This film, Supersize Me, effectively delivers
In my Nutrition class, the professor decided to show a movie called Supersize Me. The movie centered on the idea of eating fast food every day and how it can contribute to overall health. In this specific movie, the man named Morgan has decided to go on a fast food experience for 30 days eating McDonald for 3 meals per day. McDonald is the only food that he can eat while on this experience. At the same time, he must have everything on the menu at least once before attempting to eat the ones he already
In the documentary “Supersize Me” by Morgan Spurlock, America’s obesity issue was exposed and pinpointed at one of the giant contributor and fast food marketer “McDonald's”. Throughout the documentary, many rhetorical devices were utilized to provide reasons as to how America’s obesity issue is dangerous and how Mcdonald's and major food companies contribute to this disaster in the American society. Drastic continuance of unhealthy eating habits on top of an increasingly growing population calls
Nutrition Perspectives: Supersize Me In his documentary film entitled Supersize Me, creator Morgan Spurlock took on a challenge. His challenge was to eat McDonalds, and only McDonalds, for an entire month. There were a couple of rules, too. He had to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner and try everything on the menu at least once. If he was asked if he wanted to “SuperSize” the meal, he had to do it and eat the entire meal. Spurlock stopped exercising and limited his walking to be more like the average
consumption of fast foods and a person’s health. Were these well-loved and profitable chain companies causing obesity in both children and adults? Finally, in 2004, Morgan Spurlock decided to figure it out himself. In his informative documentary, “Supersize Me”, Spurlock, both director and producer, decides to solely eat McDonald's for every meal, every day, for thirty days to see if fast food restaurants
“Supersize Me” is a riveting documentary about one man’s challenging, Morgan Spurlock, to eat fast food for thirty days and to see the effects on the human body. The movie also shows the psychological and social effect of the American people by fast food companies. The movie in itself was a scientific method; containing all four types were used surveys, observations, experiments, and existing sources. As a documentary, it has no choice but to gather data from within or existing sources and display
CASE ANALYSIS McDonald’s, Inc. COMPANY NAME: McDonald’s, Inc. INDUSTRY: Food Service COMPANY WEBSITE: www.mcdonalds.com COMPANY BACKGROUND: As a company, McDonald’s was first introduced in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1955. This was the very first McDonald’s restaurant, which all started in San Bernardino, California in 1954 when Ray Kroc approached the McDonald brothers with a business proposition to start a new company. In 1965 McDonald’s went public and was later, in 1985 added to the Dow
Rosaline Nilles Kahlich AP English 3-A4 29 January 2014 Super Size Me Rhetorical Analysis Fast food, while a quick alternative to cooking, has always been known to be less healthy than traditional preparations, but the extent of its health benefits or detriments was not known until a lawsuit came out which inspired documentarian Morgan Spurlock to engage in a 30 day experiment. The resultant documentary specifically targeted McDonald’s, the largest fast food chain in the world, which also happens
choices, like salads and fruit, to the many new choices of coffee-based drinks and fruit smoothies all in the attempt to stay in front of the competition to attract new customers while retaining its current customer base. Key Issues—Identification and Analysis The Downward Spiral Service became a big problem for McDonald’s after the huge expansion of the 80s and 90s. As a result, it tarnished McDonald’s image and reputation for providing quality food fast. With the attention on expansion, training was
Good Public The corporate mend set is that the employees are the face of the brand and that is why they invest in their employees by providing training and education from the beginning. In 2015 they announced a new employee benefit package that increases wages and provides for paid time-off for eligible employees; they are also offering college tuition assistance. Good Community McDonald’s gives back to the community through various charities organizations that they have in place, the most prominent
SWOT Analysis: Mc Donald’s India SWOT Analysis: A SWOT analysis is commonly used in marketing and business in general as a method of identifying opposition for a new venture or strategy. Short for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats that may affect any new proposed actions. Here we represent our proposed venture’s SWOT analysis report. STRENGTHS: • Good Taste: The fast food chain is operating in many diverse cultures where tastes in food are extremely different than those of US or Indian
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The American people love fast food, but little do they know about what is really in their “hamburger” or “chicken nuggets”, and what damage the real ingredients in these foods can cause. Fast food has become a great part in many people’s lives today because you could get it fast and on the move and it’s also cheap. Everyone has eaten fast food at one point in their lives, unless of course they don’t eat meat, but they really don’t have a clue as to what they’re ingesting. This paper will inform