Who knew that eating your body weight in McDonald's could lead to a lasting career? Morgan Spurlock is finding out, as the director/guinea pig from the 2004 documentary Super Size Me is carving out a nice little resume for himself as a producer and director. And his efforts are paying off: Cynopsis is reporting that FX is picking up his documentary series 30 Days for a third season.For the uninitiated, 30 Days examines controversial issues by following a subject -- someone other than Spurlock, even though he's been the subject in an episode or two -- as he or she experiences something that touches on that issue. Usually, the environment the subject is in is completely foreign to them and, in some cases, runs opposite to their ideology or beliefs.
For instance, Spurlock followed a man who tried to take steroids in order to stave off the aging process, an off-shored IT worker who went to India to work at an outsourcing company, and a woman who's pro-choice who worked at a pro-life maternity home. Spurlock himself has spent a month in jail and tried to live on minimum wage for the series.
The show's pretty interesting, and Spurlock often does a good job of couching the subject's activities within the arguments surrounding the issue being examined. Does Spurlock's point of view show through? Sure. But he does tend to give everyone a fair shake, and tries to let the results of the experiments play out for themselves. Looking forward to seeing what he has in mind for next season.
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12-12-2006 @ 5:28PM
SamMalone said...
I like this show. Spurlock for President!
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12-14-2006 @ 12:00PM
phantomprophet said...
I couldn't disagree more.
His "experiments" are presented in such a way that his preferred outcome is guaranteed, which is sad because a genuine attempt at an unbiased experiment would be interesting.
He tackles very good subjects but in a very bad way.
His show needs to be canceled.
It's biased to the core.
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