The center for consumer freedom, an advocacy group financed by cocacola, wendys and tyson foods, among others, has a fourth of july message for you. Fast food and the supersizing of america usually shortened to dont eat this book is a 2005 book by morgan spurlock. The resulting documentary film, super size me, won him resounding applause and a worldwide release that broke boxoffice records. I know this book looks delicious with its lightweight pages sliced thin a prosciutto and swiss stacked in a way that would make dagwood salivate. Im using it as a text, along with ruth ozekis my year of meats and thorstein vebleins the theory of the leisure class, for a university course on media and culture, focusing on american mediacorporations and hyperconsumption. Ive read fast food nation and seen the super size me movie this book is a great followup. Dont eat this book girth of a nation extract pageinfosharepage p83. Spurlock spent a month not exercising and eating nothing but food from mcdonalds, filming his declining health and ballooning size. Spurlock, who many people know from his oscarnominated documentary super size me, chose a different medium this time for his findings about the food industry. But like any muckraking journalist, spurlock isnt out to provide comfort. Here, he translates his critique from film to book, and the result is, if possible, even more disturbing than the film. Spurlock is known for his work in the documentary super size me, and the book is a follow up to the film.
If youve read fast food nation or fat land this offers very little new information but for the many who are still oblivious to the dangers of of eating what passes for food in places such as mcdonalds, spurlock. The resulting documentary film, super size me, won him resounding applause and a. They shouldnt even be surprising and yet they prompted the writing of dont eat this book. If you liked the tongueincheek style of the superblockbustermegahit super size me, youll love this book, graciously read by the man himself. Dont eat this book gives support to the issues that spurlock initiated with the documentary film. But theres more to the story, and in dont eat this book, spurlock examines everything from school lunch programs and the marketing for thirty days, morgan spurlock ate nothing but mcdonalds as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on american health. The literary debut of the funniest and most incisive new voice to come along since michael mooreand the acclaimed director of the film phenomenon of the year. Morgan spurlock is a american documentary filmmaker best known for his documentary super size me, in which he only ate mcdonalds food for a month.
The cover caught my attention, dont eat this book, fast food and the supersizing of america, by morgan spurlock who brought us the outsanding documentary, super size me. Dont eat this book by morgan spurlock penguin random. Dont eat this book girth of a nation term paper warehouse. Although this is not a particularly quick read and a bit dry, it is very informative. Review of dont eat this book by morgan spurlock, plus backstory and other interesting facts about the book.
Spurlock insists he was trying to eat mcdonalds the way most people do, not the way. If youve read fast food nation or fat land this offers very little new. Dont eat this book is a follow up to the film, as morgan spurlock takes us through some of the backlash he experienced from the film lobbyists, fox news, restaurateurs, as well as more details he gleaned during his research for the film. Michael erard, austin chronicle a charming trojan horse of a book while this slim book is ostensibly a guide to cracking the cult of the puzzle in microsofts hiring practices, poundstone manages to sneak in a wealth of material on the crucial issue of how to hire in todays knowledgebased economy.
Morgan spurlock watch will stay up indefinitely hopefully to provide an. Morgan spurlock with highland titles in scotland during filming morgan spurlock s new britannia spurlock optioned the rights for chris mooney s book the republican war on science in order to create another documentary film, 35 but released the option in 2008. Fast food and the supersizing of america audible audio edition. Written by morgan spurlock, audiobook narrated by morgan spurlock. The same way spurlock has of making his information accessible, interesting, and horrifying in super size me, he carries over into don. If you could sum up dont eat this book in three words, what. The resulting documentary earned him an academy award nomination and broke boxoffice records worldwide. Spurlock, the man behind the hit documentary super size me, again savages the fastfood industry. Excerpt from dont eat this book by morgan spurlock, plus. Conversely, if you like this book, you must watch the movie. Where super size me was peppy and cheerfully incredulous, dont eat this book reads more like a doomsday screed, heavy on the horror stories, accusations, and breastbeating, and light on the light at the end of the tunnel. Dont eat this book isbn 9780141020730 pdf epub morgan. Find out the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Dont eat this book girth of a nation look up morgan spurlock on the internet and find some biographical data.
Fastfood franchises are unfairly targeted for serving ryan stone. Quite clearly, spurlock had much more to say on the subject. Dont eat this book girth of a nation extract pageinfo sharepage p83. A sequel to the 2004 film super size me, it explores the ways in which the fast food industry has rebranded itself as healthier since his original film through the process of spurlock working to open his own fastfood restaurant, thus exposing some of the ways in which that rebranding is more. Dont eat this book takes his fast food addiction out on the road.
Dont eat this book by morgan spurlock, paperback barnes. Well dont believe the hype change in this country doesnt come from the person with the greatest decibels. Im using it as a text, along with ruth ozekis my year of meat s and thorstein vebleins the theory of the leisure class, for a university course on media and culture, focusing on american mediacorporations. For 30 days, morgan spurlock ate nothing but mcdonalds as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on american health. Now hes taking on the state of nutrition for all americans in his new book, dont eat this book. Spurlock travels across the country, visiting schools, hospitals, and private homes to investigate how our sleazy eating habits and the declining emphasis on health and physical education are undermining our wellbeing. The scent of freshly baked words wafting up with every turn of the page. You can eat coins, toys, cigars, cigarettes, rings, necklaces, lips, cars, babies, teeth, cameras, film, even underwear which come in a variety of scents, sizes, styles and flavors. For thirty days, morgan spurlock ate nothing but mcdonalds as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on american health. Dont eat this book by morgan spurlock my year without. Dont eat this book 9780141020730 by spurlock, morgan and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Fast food and the supersizing of america morgan spurlock, author. For thirty days, he ate nothing but three squares a day from mcdonalds as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on american health.
After reading about this in eric schlossers book fast food nation, indians in the. And even the most aggressive of marketing campaigns dont recommend you. Spurlock describes americas obesity epidemic, its relation to the fast food industry. We spend more on ourselves than the entire gross national product of any nation in the world. Dont eat this book is a follow up to the film, as morgan spurlock takes us through. If you saw the film, you know that spurlock undertook an experiment. Morgan spurlock s terrifying yet hilarious expose on the fast food industry, dont eat this book. Vegetable, miracle by barbara kingsolver fast food nation by eric schlosser in defense. Valid, entertaining and funny as hell eric schlosser, author of fast food nation a tongueincheek and burger in hand look at the legal, financial and physical costs of our hunger for fast food, by the funniest and most incisive new voice since michael moore. I know this book looks delicious, with its lightweight pages sliced thin as prosciutto and swiss, stacked in a way that would make dagwood salivate. Spurlock is the man who decided to eat nothing but fast food for thirty days and document his journey. It is less about morgan spulocks debut film supersize me and more about fast food, junk food over eating and nutrition.
Morgan spurlock s dont eat this book may make many of its readers change their minds next time they want to grab a quick meal at a fast food restaurant. We turn just about everything you can imagine into food. These citations may not conform precisely to your selected citation style. He was married to vegan chef alex jamieson, who wrote an diet book inspired by the detox diet he had to take after the mcdonalds experiment.
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