Super Size Me
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America’s been McDonaldized,
you know.

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It's been franchised out.
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It's like one of those
"Flintstones" cartoons

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where they just had something
rolling in the background.

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You kept seeing
the same buildings go by.

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It's like
K-Mart, Wal-Mart, McDonald's,

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K-Mart, Wal-Mart,
Wendy's, K-Mart.

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And it's like you have no sense
of where you're at anymore.

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The way I look at it
is Cezanne was inspired

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by the mountain he saw
out his window,

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and when I look out my window,
I see no mountains.

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I just see billboards
and advertisements,

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so I use that as my inspiration.
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The average American child
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sees 10,000 food advertisements
per year on television.

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95% of those
are for sugared cereals,

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soft drinks,
fast foods, or candy.

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A parent who eats
every meal every day

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for the whole year
with their child

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and at every meal gives a very
compelling nutrition message

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and can bring in cartoon
characters and Michael Jordan --

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so instead
of selling McDonald's,

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he sells oranges --
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and Britney spears,
instead of selling Pepsi

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will sell radishes
or lettuce or something --

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that parents will have
1,000 cracks at their child,

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compared to 10,000
for the food industry.

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So it's not a fair fight.
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By the time kids
are able to speak,

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most of them can say
"McDonald's."

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I'm gonna
show you some pictures,

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and I want you
to tell me who they are.

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Okay.
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Who's that?
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You don't know?
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George Washington.
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Who is he?
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He was
the fourth President.

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He freed the slaves.
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And he could
never tell a lie.

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Who's that?
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Don't know.
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I don't know.
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No.
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I don't know.
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George W. Bush?
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No. That's
a good guess, though.

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Who is this?
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I don't know.
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Goldilocks?
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I forgot the name,
but I think I know.

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Yeah?
where have you seen her?

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That picture
is on the sign.

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Wendy.

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