Spurlocks 30 days supersizes contrasting lives the. The idea of taking someone and immersing them into a lifestyle so completely different from theirs for 30 days is a little crazy to me. Explore some of americas most pressing social issues by. These questions are thought provoking and the video should be. Created and hosted by morgan spurlock, this reality series and something of a spinoff from his entertaining, well made obesity exploration documentary supersize me. A recent episode 2 august of morgan spurlocks reality tv show, 30 days, deals with the issue of outsourcing. My first experience with morgan spurlocks 30 days series was in a college cultural diversity class. Morgan spurlock referring to me on the video as an antiimmigrant minuteman.
David struggles with his feelings and previous prejudices against a religion that does not believe in christ and in the minds of many americans is associated. I have been trying desperately to find email address forthis coalition against illegal. The video is excellent for talking about current issues with minimum wage. Dale is a 53 year old mining supervisor and the product of. David stacy, a 33yearold christian man from west virginia, agrees to make a drastic life change for 30 days when he moves to the largely muslim community of dearborn, michigan. Television projects include the awardwinning fx series 30 days, the ida awardwinning cnn series morgan spurlock. Watch 30 days season 1, episode 4 straight man in a gay world. Pistol shrimps executive producermorgan spurlock presents. Vlogumentary executive producermorgan spurlock presents. Remember morgan spurlock, the us documentary maker who in the award winning film super size me ate only mcdonalds fast food for a month see bmj 2004. It follows individuals as they try 30 days in someone elses shoes. I was surprised to find that there has been no discussion of the episode among bloggers of indian origin, especially desi bloggers who have access to. Then he gets more privacy than he wants when hes put in a 7x10 solitaryconfinment cell for 72 hours and isnt even allowed books.
If it had been up to morgan spurlock and his fiancee, alex. An unscripted, documentarystyle program where an individual is inserted into a lifestyle that is completely different from his or her upbringing, beliefs, religion or profession for 30 days. Super size me creator morgan spurlock to produce fx reality series morgan spurlock, the writerdirector of super size me, will produce a reality series for the fx. His new effort is a sixpart tv series called 30 days thats more ambitious, less exaggerated and quite winning. Morgan spurlock fame of super size me signing autographs after discussing his new movie mansome. With this series offered here on two discs containing six episodes and a variety of bonus material, spurlock, who got a 2005 best documentary oscar nomination for super size me, his record of a harrowing month spent on a strict mcdonaldsonly diet, has effectively taken his act to the notsosmall screen. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. In each episode, spurlock, or some other person or group of people, spend 30 days immersing themselves in a particular lifestyle with which they are unfamiliar e. Season four of cnn original series morgan spurlock inside. He stays with a native american family, attempts to learn the navajo. Morgan spurlock is helping to save the reef by getup. Description the show 30 days takes a look at different situations that creator morgan spurlock puts himself or other people in to show stories that common people might not know about.
Though it was as highconcept as any realitytv show, morgan spurlocks 2004 film super size me was something else entirely. Spurlocks experiment working on minimum wage as part of the poor working class. In an era where the microphone is given to those who shout the loudest and most polarizing messages, morgan spurlock and his cast of cultural crusaders and average joesjanes explore some of the most contentious issues being debated in the us. In the first installment, morgan and his fiancee, alex, spent a month trying to live on minimum. Morgan spurlock, 30 days, illegal immigration and rave. A godfearing 24yearold conservative homophobe from red state america travels to san franciscos castro district to li. In this particular episode, an antiimmigration, borderpatr. Sounds about as oxymoronic as it gets, but morgan spurlock has pulled it off with 30 days. This time around, series more this time around, series creatorhost morgan spurlock will toil at a coal mine and. He stays with a native american family, attempts to learn the navajo language, and tries to become more. Image courtesy of revelation now morgan spurlock before and after 30 days of eating mcdonalds food. From academy award nominee morgan spurlock super size me comes 30 days, a documentary series that will explore what life changing experiences are possible in 30 days. With morgan spurlock, alexandra jamieson, scott bridges, ryan hickmott. He took that conceit to other topics with the first season of 30 days, spurlocks documentary series for fx, tackling homophobia and binge.
For such a politically charged show, morgan spurlock does his best to keep his personal feelings a mystery when it comes to 30 days the documentary series that takes the axiom of. Actual reality pictures reveille productions fx networks, llc virgil films features a diverse group of participants, each given the opportunity to experience firsthand a world that is the complete opposite of their own. Rent 30 days 2005 starring morgan spurlock on dvd and bluray. And his series 30 days extends this same cleareyed and intelligent investigation to a different subject each episode. Awardwinning filmmaker and beckley native morgan spurlocks fx series 30 days is garnering awards for an episode that featured a fellow beckley native. Morgan spurlock does a stretch in the henrico county, virginia, living with actual inmates.
Morgan spurlock spends 30 days living on a native american reservation in new mexico. This series is an in your face look at people and different life styles or cultures we only wonder about. This 30 days video guide on minimum wage is full of thought provoking questions about morgan spurlocks 30 days series on fx. Each week spurlock finds somebody who is willing to immerse themselves in someone elses life for 30 days somebody who, like the abc british remake wife swap, is their polar. Morgan spurlock and his fiance alex leave their fabulous new york lifestyles behind for the heart of the midwest, columbus, ohio. This is the first episode of the second season of morgan spurlocks 30 days. During their senior year of high school, peter and joanna made a pact to get married if they were still single by 30. August 30, 2006 series creator morgan spurlock serves a mock thirty day sentence in the. Committing himself to 30 days as a fulltime coal miner, spurlock takes up residence with his host family dale and sandy lusk. Twentieth century fox home entertainment, inc 30 days, the intelligent and innovative tv show that dares you to take a walk in someone elses shoes.
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