https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/morgan-spurlock-documentary-filmmaker-super-size-dies-53-rcna153915 Morgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker behind 'Super Size Me,' dies at 53
"Today the world has lost a true creative genius and a special man," the filmmaker's brother said in a statement. "I am so proud to have worked together with him."
May 24, 2024, 10:21 AM EDT / Updated May 24, 2024, 12:18 PM EDT
By Daniel Arkin and Diana Dasrath
Morgan Spurlock, the muckraking documentary filmmaker who chronicled a 30-day period when he ate only McDonald's food in the Oscar-nominated "Super Size Me," a project that helped raise awareness about the dangers of poor nutrition, died Thursday in New York from complications of cancer.
He was 53.
"It was a sad day, as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan," Spurlock's brother Craig said in a statement. "Morgan gave so much through his art, ideas and generosity. Today the world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. I am so proud to have worked together with him."
In a professional directing career that spanned more than a decade, Spurlock bit into a wide range of sociopolitical issues, including the Bush-era War on Terror ("Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?"), corporate power ("The Greatest Movie Ever Sold") and masculine identity ("Mansome"). He also directed the 3-D concert film "One Direction: This Is Us," released in 2013.
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He was a regular presence on television, too. He created and hosted "30 Days," a three-season FX reality show that followed people as they experimented with crash-course lifestyles like working for minimum wage or living off the power grid. He made nonfiction shows for Hulu and CNN. But the 2004 documentary film "Super Size Me" was by far his best-known creative venture and claim to fame. In the movie, he recorded the month of his life when he ate nothing but burgers, fries and other quick-fix staples from McDonald's — an experiment that he claimed took a toll on his mental and physical health. The documentary helped boost public consciousness about the nutritional content of fast food and America's obesity epidemic, inspiring a backlash against McDonald's and other big-name restaurant chains. "Super Size Me" was nominated for best documentary feature at the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. "Super Size Me" provoked a national debate and grossed more than $22 million on a modest $65,000 budget. But it came under the microscope over the accuracy of some of its claims about health and science. Spurlock's disclosure in 2017 that he was drinking heavily through much of his life put his purported symptoms in a new light. In recent years, Spurlock's public image was severely damaged after he published a December 2017 blog post titled "I am Part of the Problem." In the first-person essay, he admitted to what he characterized as a pattern of sexual misconduct and infidelities going back years. He said he was accused of sexual assault in college and settled a sexual harassment case with a female assistant. In the blog post, published in the early months of the #MeToo movement, Spurlock also revealed that he had been the victim of sexual abuse as a boy and teenager, and that he had "consistently been drinking since the age of 13."
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>>1297659 This article glosses over how Super Size Me was a sham documentary because he was chugging beers the entire time.
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>>1297663 Why is this the top comment on every article I see about his death? Please tell me you trannies are not defending fast food corporations for free
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>>1297725 Pointing out the guy was a fraud isn't actually defending fast food corporations you kneejerking buffoon.
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>>1297725 go watch the doc, the doctor he goes and sees for the pre health screen looks exactly the same as at the end down to his stubble and clothes, when he tells morgan his liver is fucked. sperlocks liver was fucked by being an alcoholic before he even started and then he pretended mcdonalds did it. he also had the shakes during the doc and was binge drinking the whole time
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>>1297725 Search up the meal log and you'll see why.
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Cornered turd trump but he was using homo no abortion Sat 25 May 2024 03:25:21 No. 1297833 Report Quoted By:
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Ok so rich people go to hell and their kids also
Ok so rich people go to hell and their kids also Sat 25 May 2024 03:38:59 No. 1297835 Report Quoted By:
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She’s Jim jones narx marx at Kim jong in hell
She’s Jim jones narx marx at Kim jong in hell Sat 25 May 2024 03:51:41 No. 1297838 Report Quoted By:
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Rich Texans Louisiana can nuke ny state rich
Rich Texans Louisiana can nuke ny state rich Sat 25 May 2024 04:14:34 No. 1297842 Report Quoted By:
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Rich Texans Louisiana can nuke ny state rich
Rich Texans Louisiana can nuke ny state rich Sat 25 May 2024 04:18:10 No. 1297843 Report Quoted By:
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Rich Texans Louisiana can nuke ny state rich
Rich Texans Louisiana can nuke ny state rich Sat 25 May 2024 04:23:14 No. 1297845 Report Quoted By:
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That Indian kid the zombie from sand killer the Leander elementary mascot Kc chiefs the uh leg in the red arrow , bottled water or Red Bull
The native zombie
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Poor kid DiD disassociative Identity Disorder , he will be ok is Ukraine needs a butt hoe
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>>1297725 Fast food companies are a major part of these people’s identities.
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>>1297898 Who are "these people" supposed to be this time?
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>>1297658 >Today the world has lost a true creative genius Oh no! Not the creative genius that directed the 3D One Direction concert!
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>>1297658 Damn this makes me want to go for a McDonald's
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>>1297725 >>1297898 Pointing out that Spurlock is a fraud and lied during the entire documentary that he's most known for, isn't the same thing as defending fast food companies
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>>1297965 As if what he said wasn't worth listening to. Get the fat outta your brain dude
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>>1298029 Found the alkie apologist
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>>1298029 >As if what he said wasn't worth listening to Lies are worth nothing, sorry kiddo
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>>1298087 Keep getting that QPC I'm sure you'll win against the vegans and prove high cholesterol and heart disease aren't the highest risk of death for men
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>>1298096 >getting this mad because a disgraced liar died Womp womp
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>>1298099 >Defending a multinational corporation because you're too lazy to cook Couldn't be me
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>>1298102 >getting this mad because a disgraced liar died Couldn't be me
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>>1298106 >Keep saying I'm mad but keep replying anyway Ok, I will buy the McDouble