Filmmaker, who was nominated for an Oscar after spending thirty days eating only McDonald’s snacks, died of cancer
Morgan Spurlockwho died at the age of 53 last Thursday (23), due to complications from cancer, gained fame for Super Size Me – The Clown Dietin which he recorded the thirty days he spent eating only McDonald’s snacks, with the aim of proving the harm caused by food chains. fast food. But where to watch the hit documentary?
The risky clown diet
Launched in 2004, Super Size Me – The Clown Diet shocked the world by showing Spurlock becoming a guinea pig in his own experiment. The filmmaker committed to eating, for thirty days, only meals from the food chain. fast food McDonald’s, from breakfast to dinner.
The challenge rules also included the obligation to accept any “improvement” in the order offered by the cafeteria servers. For example, if they offered ice cream for dessert or a large potato instead of the medium one, Spurlock I had to accept it.
During the experiment, he gained 11kg and dealt with increases in cholesterol and blood pressure. In the documentary, we follow the visits of Spurlock to doctors, who warn him to stop the challenge. However, he decides to follow through firmly. Watch the trailer:
Sequence of Super Size Me
Super Size Me – The Clown Diet It became a success and, in 2005, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary. The film ended up losing to Born in Brothels (2004), but impacted the food industry forever.
In 2019, after a wave of supposed improvements in fast foodwhich promised healthier snacks than at the time of the documentary Spurlockthe filmmaker released a sequel to the documentary, Super Size Me 2: Our Everyday Chicken.
In the second film, Spurlock investigated whether the networks fast food they really were healthier these days, as they promised, at the same time he created his own restaurant and tried to prove that it wasn’t that difficult to pass off as a healthy restaurant, even if you weren’t. Check out:
Where to watch Super Size Me?
Super Size Me – The Clown Diet is available in the Amazon Prime Video catalog. However, its sequence, Super Size Me 2: Our Everyday Chickenhas not yet reached Brazilian streaming platforms.
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