This from Stephen Catanese of IUP's The Penn:
...In the turkey-heavy fog of that "tryptophan haze" that follows a decadent, filling Thanksgiving feast, what thoughts typically cross your mind? Sleep? Football? More food? Well, probably not more food - but you're probably not Morgan Spurlock, director and star of "Super Size Me," one of the highest-grossing independent films of all time. Spurlock, who explained his work Monday night to a near-capacity Fisher Auditorium crowd, said he was inspired on Thanksgiving Day 2002 to make the film. Sitting on a couch and watching the news after his meal, Spurlock saw a report about two women suing McDonald's Corp. for damages caused by the fast-food giant's fare. At first, Spurlock said, he found the lawsuit laughable -Â another example of litigious American society. As he watched McDonalds Corp. defend the quality of its food, however, inspiration struck. "There was a basis for an argument and a contradiction," he said. Spurlock decided...
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It seems that the American public is being poisoned from every angle. How much is too much? The public should really take an organized stand against the transfat and high fructose corn syrup industry!
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