Morgan Spurlock Essays

  • Fat Head by Tom Naughton and Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock

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    S Government and Morgan Spurlock (the creator of Super Size Me) present misleading information. However, Naughton’s bias becomes apparent through the careful selection of film techniques, and the silencing of certain characters, who may express opposing viewpoints. The ideal audience of this documentary, parents and concerned parties such as medical professionals, are invited to agree that the U.S Government and Spurlock are deceptive. The negative representation of Spurlock is revealed in many

  • Morgan Spurlock?s Super Size Me

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    Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me After watching Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me it became even clearer to me that there is an obesity crisis in this country. While this was not news to me; I was surprised by Dr. Satcher, the former U.S. Surgeon General, stating that 'left unabated obesity will surpass smoking as the number one preventable cause of death in this country.' Morgan Spurlock focused his attention on McDonalds in his documentary, but I think to simply blame the fast food companies

  • Analysis Of Super Size Me

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    “We live in a toxic environment where we are almost guaranteed to get sick.” Morgan Spurlock states in the documentary Super Size Me. One possible cause of our sickness is in part due to what we consume. Americans have become adapted to a fast paced lifestyle that effected was the way we eat. Which eventually led to Americans becoming accustomed to eating unhealthy fast food. Corporations saw this growing culture and took advantage of this in order to make a profit. Eventually they began to completely

  • The Blame Game

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    four Americans visits a fast food restaurant. Spurlock however, manages to eat enough food for three out of four those people in a month. He films the documentary of his binge, and names it Super Size Me. He makes a plan to eat only McDonald’s for a month to see how it will affect his health. Spurlock’s thirty-day binge to prove that McDonald’s is the source of America’s bad health is invalid, because he isn’t an average America. In 2004, Spurlock films a documentary about the dangers of fast food

  • Summary Of Super Size Me

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    Size Me Summary Super Size Me is an American documentary film released in 2004; starred and directed by Morgan Spurlock. This film is about Spurlock conducting a 30 - day dietary experiment; where he consumed nothing but McDonald’s food items for 30 days straight. The main purpose of this film was to find out whether fast foods really have an impact on people getting fatter and obese. Spurlock undertook this project mainly because of two reasons - the growing obesity rate of American people and the

  • Super Size Me: Obesity Epidemic

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    Super Size Me is a 2004 documentary film when Morgan Spurlock engages a social health experiment to see the mass effect on a person who eats McDonald’s for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for one month. In the process, his weight, energy level plummets and experiences all sorts of unexpected and terrifying side effects. He also examines the corporate giant's growing role in the lives of American consumers and explores its methods of young people and its contribution to America's obesity epidemic. The

  • Supersize Me: The Revenge of GMO’s

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    “Supersize me” is a film written and directed by Morgan Spurlock, this documentary observes the effects of the fast food industry on the American society. The premise of ‘Supersize me’ is an attempt to eat only McDonalds for a total of thirty days. This ‘Mc Binge’ was inspired by a trial evolving two teenage girls who were attempting to sue McDonalds for their obesity and the health. McDonalds, the number one fast food industry at the time, could be food almost anywhere you looked, the option of

  • Super Sized Communication

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    Messages distributed by institutions such as the media have the potential to reach very large and anonymous audiences in a process called mass communication. In the movie Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock documents a month of eating McDonald's, only to prove how food media affects the way Americans are living extremely unhealthy lives. According to The Mediated Communication Process (modified Westley-MacLean model) communication starts with an event, which in this case is the two teenage girls that

  • Film Analysis Of Super Size Me

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    Super Size Me begins with Director and actor Morgan Spurlock being 32 years of age at the time of filming in 2003. Spurlock is recorded as being physically above average, which is attested to by several doctors as well as a nutritionist and a personal trainer. He asks these professional to track his health and wellness during the “McDiet”. Spurlock’s McDiet is a test where he will eat only food from McDonald’s for thirty days to see how it would affect his health. Throughout the filming of Super

  • Short Film Analysis: Supersize Me

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    Perspectives: Supersize Me In his documentary film entitled Supersize Me, creator Morgan Spurlock took on a challenge. His challenge was to eat McDonalds, and only McDonalds, for an entire month. There were a couple of rules, too. He had to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner and try everything on the menu at least once. If he was asked if he wanted to “SuperSize” the meal, he had to do it and eat the entire meal. Spurlock stopped exercising and limited his walking to be more like the average man. Before

  • "Super-Size Verses Fat Head: How Fast Food Effects Our Lives

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    a 2004 documentary film directed and stared in by Morgan Spurlock, who wanted to prove that like cigarettes, fast food “McDonalds” is just as harmful to The American population of the United States. He got the idea from two girls who were in a lawsuit with McDonalds, They blamed “McDonalds” for having gained so much weight, and they were also blaming “McDonalds” for corrupting their eating habits. The lawsuit failed and that was the reason Spurlock, decided to take on his 30 day diet of “McDonalds”

  • Organizational Change: Professional Change

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    . Professional Change Stories Organizational change is a very big risk for organizations. The process of change can be very difficult for employees as well as the leaders implementing the changes. The changes are usually planned to improve the company. However, sometimes change can destroy a company when things don’t go as planned. From a change in management to a change in the company structure, or way of doing daily task, organizations must carefully execute the process of change and use change

  • Super High Me

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    be tested through a psychological, limited physical, and academic achievements. And these tests will occur again when he smokes for 30 days in a row after this initial drought. This documentary was based of the movie Super-Size Me, directed by Morgan Spurlock. For the first 30 days, Doug has to stay clean. Throughout the process of not smoking, he talks to his audience of how it’s kind of hard for him, as he states, “I have written two jokes since I haven’t smoked, and this is to show you how important

  • Super Size Me, by Morgan Spurlock

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    to further investigate the main cause of obesity, Morgan Spurlock, the film director and main character, decides to criticize the fast food industry for its connection with obesity in America. In his documentary Spurlock performs a radical experiment that drives him to eat only from McDonald's and order a super-sized meal whenever he is asked. By including visual and textual techniques, rhetorical appeals, and argumentative evidences, Morgan Spurlock was able to help viewers know the risks of fast

  • How Does Morgan Spurlock Use Ethos In Supersize Me

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    When people consume supersized fast food meals, is the food to blame when they themselves become supersized? Morgan Spurlock takes on the challenge of eating only McDonald's every day, three times a day, for thirty days straight to see how these meals affects the physique and general health of a human body. The Film Supersize Me uses logos, pathos, and ethos to effectively persuade the audience that eating fast foods, namely McDonald's, has horrible side effects. McDonald's is one of the most popular

  • Analysis of Super Size Me

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    Analysis of "Super Size Me" Morgan Spurlock decided to make this documentary to investigate the fast food companies, and the effects of certain fast food chains products, particularly McDonalds, on the health of society. This Documentary explores the United States growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes as well. Morgan decides to eat nothing but McDonald's food for thirty days. He must eat one of everything on the menu at least once, and when asked to super size his meal he must do so. Another

  • The Importance of Voice in Writing

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    create a voice that isn't to dull, and with any luck will hold the attention of the reader all the way to the end of my work. This type of voice isn't all that hard to create, but using it at the right time might be a little tricky. According to what Morgan said in class the last time we met, voice isn't used all that often in technical writing. This would explain why some of the texts that we are forced to read are so boring. The authors of these books aren't looking to entertain, they are looking to

  • Garrett Morgan: A Biography

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    Garrett Morgan Garrett Augustus Morgan was born on March 4, 1877 in Paris, Kentucky, the seventh of eleven children to Sydney and Elizabeth Morgan. His parents had previously been slaves, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. At the early age of 14, Morgan decided to travel north to Ohio in the hopes of receiving better education opportunities. During those times, there were better opportunities for blacks in the northern part of the country. Still, Morgan’s formal education never surpassed

  • Edwin Morgan's Opening the Cage

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    Edwin Morgan's Opening the Cage The poem "Opening the Cage," by Edwin Morgan, is based on a quote taken from John Cage. Cage said, "I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry." Cage's quote contains fourteen words which are rearranged fourteen times by the poet to create a fourteen line sonnet. At first glance, the poem may seem to be random and senseless, and this interpretation could hold true, for Cage was known especially for his chaotic and seemingly mindless music. One

  • morgan horses

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    Justin Morgan was a living legend. Born in 1789, Justin Morgan started life as a small, rough-coated colt known as "Figure." Gradually, the local population began to talk about the feats of "the Justin Morgan horse". Justin Morgan also proved to be one of the greatest breeding horses of all time. While most breeds develop by breeding horses of similar characteristics to each other, Justin Morgan's ability to pass his characteristics to his offspring for generations to come allowed this single stallion