Wasn't Super Size Me proven to be VERY faked? Like he ate way more than he showed on screen and stopped his regular exercise regimine ( I think it was to the point of no exercise at all ) and tried to claim it was all because of McDonalds being unhealthy ?
Ther's also the book, "Fast Food Nation", which, honestly, is way more fucked up.
People having arms sliced in half... losing fingers... just nasty shit.
Still not as fucked up as "Requiem for a Dream". That shit is just....
Yeah. It’s not rocket science. Anyone who has ever worked a rough neck job will already know that people get hurt at work- badly- or killed. And a basic knowledge of nutrition will tell you that if you eat 4,000 calories of anything a day and don’t work out it’s not going to likely go well. For most people- eating 4000 calories of ANYTHING a day isn’t healthy- unless you have a medical condition or are very active- and even then processing that much food a day isn’t technically “healthy” even if it’s necessary for performance and physique. So a skip those documentaries and wouldn’t show them to my kids because nutrition doesn’t really have “bad” things. It’s like people who see Mercury in the ingredients so conclude that vaccines are “bad.” All chemicals have a proper level and use in the human body. For some- that level is basically 0. For most- even ones like iron which are toxic- some level is needed. Teach kids to be reasonable with food. Not scared of it.
Of course- from an ethics stand point these documentaries often highlight shortcomings in the system. But really? Human suffering is inherent to modern consumerism. Few if anything we own or use regularly is “clean” of human abuse or of dirty dealings or distasteful truths. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be aware and try to change things and make better choices- but it does mean that I find these highly narrow perspective and intentionally sensationalized emotion driven documentaries masquerading as advocacy or sincere journalism to be offensive in that regard. I would teach my children to think for themselves, question things, and not just watch an hour long commercial from someone with an agenda and proclaim themselves experts. The “pop documentary culture” in my mind simply leads to people actually putting LESS critical thought into their decisions because by just not going to McDonald’s they feel they’ve done their part and no longer have battles to fight
People having arms sliced in half... losing fingers... just nasty shit.
Still not as fucked up as "Requiem for a Dream". That shit is just....