Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Supersize me


The instructor choose this documentary for the class to rhetorical analysis purposes, and again the class respond very well; we had a good time analyzing it a bunch of ideas about corporations like McDonalds and how the government don’t do anything to defend the people, instead it seems like the government aid the big corporations.
In this documentary Morgan Spurlock the author tries to show the audience why Americans are fat? and the answer that he gave us is fast food. He embarks on the most perilous journey of his life. The rules are for 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must wolf three squares a day; he must consume everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. Spurlock takes across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and an equal number of regular folk while eating at the Golden Arches. Spurlock's grueling drive-through diet spirals him into a physical and emotional metamorphosis that will make you think twice about picking up another Big Mac.
The author is out to prove the physical and mental effects of consuming fast food. While doing this, Spurlock also provides a look at the food culture in America through its schools, corporations, and politics as seen through the eyes of regular people.
My personal point of view it is that a diet that consist only on fast food, and no exercises whatsoever, will make you fat, and also very unhealthy and the author was the guinea pig to show the audience something that common sense tell us. It was really good to learn all the facts and the opinions of the experts: doctors, dieticians, and lawyers through the whole movie, it was a good pick from the instructor.

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