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Teachers can't stomach 'Super Size Me' director
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| March 27, 2006
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Posted on 03/27/2006 8:37:18 AM PST by jen_in_IL
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I've been a lurker for a few years and thought people might find this interesting. There was a more in-depth article about the incident in The Independent Online Edition but apparently articles can't be posted to FreeRepublic from there. The other article shows how unapoligetic Mr. Spurlock was to those who were offended.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:37:20 AM PST
by
jen_in_IL
To: jen_in_IL
I've never seen his movie, so I probably shouldn't comment, but I've never understood why anyone would want to watch it. So he ate supersized McDonald's everyday and he gained weight. Wow. Maybe his next documentary can demonstrate the sky is blue.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:39:35 AM PST
by
VegasCowboy
("...he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel.")
To: jen_in_IL
Looks like Morgan Spurlock has a lot of fat between the ears.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:39:46 AM PST
by
peacebaby
(I prefer not being banned. I like it here at FR.)
To: jen_in_IL
To: jen_in_IL
Morgan Spurlock joked about the intelligence of McDonald's employees, about ''retarded kids in the back wearing helmets'' and teachers smoking pot in the balcony. The special education students in the back row were led by teachers out of the presentation
I have a son who was born missing his left arm from the elbow down. Perhaps Mr. Spurlock can come up with a joke about that, too.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:42:25 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
To: jen_in_IL
I can't for the life of me think WHY they would have even had this man as a guest speaker in a school. He is an idiot and his film's hatchet job of McDonalds came straight from the "Micheal Moore School for Twisted, Full of Lies Documentaries".
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:42:25 AM PST
by
Elyse
To: jen_in_IL
I saw parts of the movie. It seemed very "Michael Mooreish" - propaganda loaded, presenting emotional arguements without logic, and an obvious nanny state agenda.
At the end he boasts about getting perhaps helping getting rid of the "supersize" option.
Thanks a lot.
I would go with a carload of kids and get a couple of supersize fries. A lot cheaper than buying fries for each child.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:43:00 AM PST
by
I still care
("For it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
To: jen_in_IL
They should've done a little background research on this guy before inviting him to talk at a school. Looks like the adminstrators at this school weren't doing their homework.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:43:31 AM PST
by
Quark2005
(Confidence follows from consilience.)
To: jen_in_IL
Rest assured Spurlock won't go quietly in the obscure night. He'll continue to find demons, conspiracies, and inequities in our society to exploit for his own fame & fortune. The over/under on his relevancy is another 3 months, and that's exceedingly generous.
Most folks already say Spurlock, who? Has been, or never was?
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:43:56 AM PST
by
Sax
(Ahmagonnadoajihad - His name says it all)
To: jen_in_IL
This isn't terribly relevant, but-
The last time I was in a McDonalds, the only kid working was the one with Downs. That guy swept and mopped the whole place, cleaned the drink area, and policed up all the trays and other clutter.
Everyone else behind the counter, from my vantage point, was jaw-jackin' and standing around doing nothing.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:44:28 AM PST
by
Gefreiter
("Are you drinking 1% because you think you're fat?")
To: jen_in_IL
I wonder if the school will host the woman who ate at McDonalds for a month and lost weight?
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:45:05 AM PST
by
L98Fiero
(I'm worth a million in prizes.)
To: Gefreiter
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:46:19 AM PST
by
Sax
(Ahmagonnadoajihad - His name says it all)
To: jen_in_IL
I can personally debunk his, "Super-Size-Me," theory with my diet.
Basically, McDonald's super-sized meals are never enough for me and haven't been for years. Yet to this day I'm still between 180-185 pounds at six-feet tall.
I have the dietary needs of a tiger.
Welcome to FR.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:47:36 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: Gefreiter
I have been to McDonald's only a handful of times in the past decade. One of those times, I observed the exact same thing.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:47:48 AM PST
by
Thrusher
("...there is no peace without victory.")
To: jen_in_IL
The probably have forgotten more than I know about selling food but I don't know why someone doesn't do a McDonalds type fast food with whole wheat bread and other healthier options.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:49:12 AM PST
by
bkepley
To: VegasCowboy
I saw the movie and it was a joke of a documentary. The guy INTENTIONALY ate until it made him puke.
MacDonald's food is no more dangerous than eating an entire Thanksgiving Day meal EVERY day.
Of course nobody should eat like it was Thanksgivings but that was his skewered view.
Moderation, folks, moderation.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:50:03 AM PST
by
RedMonqey
(People who don't who stand for something, will fall for anything.)
To: RedMonqey
Evidently the guy doesn't know moderation.
Not moderation in eating at McDonalds nor moderation in his message to high school students.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:54:35 AM PST
by
peacebaby
(I prefer not being banned. I like it here at FR.)
To: RandallFlagg
Metabolism is an amazinging thing. I had lunch with a coworker, a girl about 5'1" and an avid runner (I'm 6'3".) We both had these massive Italian subs with pasta salad on the side. On the ride back to the office, I was ready for a nap to relieve the incredibly stuffed feeling I had.
She had me pull into a drive-through on the way so she could get a 32oz chocolate milkshake - I couldn't believe it!
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posted on
03/27/2006 9:00:08 AM PST
by
Sax
(Ahmagonnadoajihad - His name says it all)
To: Sax
I supersized the "-ing" on amazing.
amazinging=amazing.
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posted on
03/27/2006 9:01:12 AM PST
by
Sax
(Ahmagonnadoajihad - His name says it all)
To: peacebaby
In the end Radicals last victims are themselves.
Watch him self destruct.
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posted on
03/27/2006 9:02:44 AM PST
by
RedMonqey
(People who don't who stand for something, will fall for anything.)
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