Morgan Spurlock is an American documentary film maker who focuses on participatory documentation. He is best known for his documentary on McDonalds fast food in 2004, 'Super Size Me'. He, like many other documentary makers, got completely immersed in the subject and decided to eat nothing but McDonald's 3 times a day for a 30 day period. Before he started the project, he had above average fitness levels, and after eating excessive amounts of McDonald's for the 30 day period, he gained 25lbs, suffered from liver dysfunction and depression. It took him a little over 14 months to return to his normal weight, and he was put on a detox diet to help him get his normal build back.
Spurlock proceeded to make other documentaries, such as 'Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? Spurlock looks at terrorism, and presents both sides of the argument regarding terrorism. He tries to find Osama Bin Laden, obviously without success, and this therefore presented more negative reviews than positive ones, as it was perceived to be a pointless documentary.
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