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Super Size Guy's Reality-TV Stunt
« on: Jun 15th, 2005, 1:03pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Super Size Guy's Reality-TV Stunt
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After gorging on McDonald's for 30 days in his Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock saw how compelling people find it to watch someone change for a month. So he filmed 30 Days, a six-episode FX series — starting tonight at 10 pm/ET — that chronicles one-month journeys of various people, from a Christian man living with a Muslim family to Spurlock and his fiancιe trying to live on minimum wage. The filmmaker stepped away from the camera to discuss his new show.
 
TV Guide: In tonight's premiere episode, you and Alex live on minimum wage. You injure your wrist and have no health insurance.
Morgan Spurlock: When you're having to make the decision of "Where are we going to spend what little money we have?" as my arm is swelling up and starting to turn black... I was like, "This isn't good!" [Laughs]
 
TVG: Were there moments when you thought a segment might fall apart?
Spurlock: The [June 29 episode] where a Christian man goes to live with a Muslim family was very powerful. There were so many conflicts because of his beliefs. Then people started lashing out at him. There were times when we thought, "Is a fight going to break out?"
 
[In the June 22] anti-aging episode, the guy's doing steroids and testosterone for a month. You see [him] go through this transformation — mentally, physically, emotionally — and you start to see the 'roid rage come out. It's incredible to witness.
 
TVG: At some points, though, you must have been surprised by the humor that came out of an episode.
Spurlock: An ex-military man goes to live with a gay man in San Francisco [in the July 13 episode]. He's a very "don't ask, don't tell" kind of guy who believes homosexuality is a sin — but then there's a point when he really lets his guard down and starts to have fun. And it's really funny, dude.
 
TVG: The most amazing thing about all this, of course, is that your girlfriend, Alex, hasn't left you yet.
Spurlock: [Laughs] Originally when I met with FX, the idea was that [for every episode] I would go and do something for 30 days. That's when Alex put her foot down. She said, "If you do that, you'll never have a girlfriend — and this girlfriend will be gone."
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Re: Super Size Guy's Reality-TV Stunt
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I'm very excited to watch this one!  Cool  This guy does quality work.
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« Reply #2 on: Jun 15th, 2005, 2:12pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I've never seen Super Size Me, but it's gotta be crazy!!! I would never eat McDonalds for a month, I'd gain, like, 30 pounds!!!
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From TVGUIDE.COM
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS: Morgan Spurlock's docuseries, 30 Days, drew super-sized — for FX, anyway — ratings for its premiere: 1.7 million viewers. Tommy Hilfiger's The Cut, on the other hand, garnered a paltry — for CBS, anyway — audience of 6.6 million. As punishment, the show is being bumped from Survivor's Thursday time slot, replaced by the exceptionally poorly dressed Big Brother 6 ensemble, and banished to Wednesday.
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