What if heckling 'fat people' was as accepted as heckling smokers?

I just finished watching “Super Size Me” and felt impelled to blog: DO NOT EAT FAST FOOD! (ooor, if you really really crave it, maybe once a month in moderation with a flawless healthy diet). Over the course of 30 days, director/writer Morgan Spurlock subsisted purely on McDonalds. A perfectly fit fella at the beginning, we witness his physical health deteriorate at unbelievable rates. By the end of what becomes a life-threatening experiment, he gained 25lbs, experienced liver damage, and sexual dysfunction amongst many other equally unpleasant side effects. (It musta sucked to work off all that weight)

Granted it was an extreme experiment – and it has instigated numerous responses, many of which have attacked the documentary showing that this kind of transformation would never happen in a realistic setting – it was clever, timely and impactful. This Spurlock bloke really knows how to address a situation.

Shortly after the release of this (’04) Academy Award nominated documentary, McDonalds eliminated the ‘super size’ option off their menus and started including ‘healthier’ choices. They claim that these decisions were not at all influenced by the movie … yeah right. Either way, Spurlock deserves a pat on the back for attempting to shake fatty America back to its senses. As on a grander scale, what the movie attacks is not McDonalds but the obesity epidemic itself, one that is continuing to sweep America in an alarming fashion. (1 in every 50 Americans morbidly obese … crazy!)

The film itself is properly entertaining and educational. One really grows to like Spurlock’s earnest and engaging character, and a sense of twisted admiration develops for his ‘self-sacrifice’. There are quite a few moving parts to the film. One of the more memorable moments for me (although not necessarily poignant in the conventional sense) is when Spurlock throws-up after struggling to finish his first super-size meal (and yes, we are shown the puke as well).
So … uhm, I guess I will not be eating McDonalds for a while then?

(Sidenote: Although, I admit that I will probably indulge myself maybe once between now and July; I swear HK McDonalds tastes better than the crap in NYC).