May 7, 2004
Documentaries Cast a Cold Eye on Corporate America
The inspiration came to him on Thanksgiving. Spurred by lawsuits involving the hazards of fast food, Morgan Spurlock, a wiry athletic man in his early 30s, decided to turn himself into a test case by adopting a 30-day regimen of all McDonald's, all the time.
The title of Spurlock's film about his culinary travails, Super Size Me, derives from one of his self-imposed rules: If he is asked by a McDonald's employee whether he'd like to "Supersize" his order, he must do so -- even if
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