Posted on 03/27/2006 8:37:18 AM PST by jen_in_IL
HORSHAM, Pa. -- The filmmaker who ate nothing but McDonald's meals for his Oscar-nominated film, ''Super Size Me,'' gave a profanity-laced, politically incorrect speech at a suburban Philadelphia high school, but not everyone was lovin' it.
Speaking at Hatboro-Horsham High School's first-ever health fair, 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.
''If you put the whole package together ... it just wasn't appropriate,'' Superintendent William Lessa said.
Most of the 700 students gave him a standing ovation.
Another Spurlock speech at the school later Friday night for community members was canceled.
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.
Looks like Morgan Spurlock has a lot of fat between the ears.
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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".
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.
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.
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.
I wonder if the school will host the woman who ate at McDonalds for a month and lost weight?
Hard work trumps smarts.
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.
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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.
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.
Evidently the guy doesn't know moderation.
Not moderation in eating at McDonalds nor moderation in his message to high school students.
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!
I supersized the "-ing" on amazing.
amazinging=amazing.
In the end Radicals last victims are themselves.
Watch him self destruct.
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