Film Summary: Super Size Me

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Morgan Spurlock is well film maker and producer who put himself in different situations for month on end periods. He is most known for his work in the Super Size Me movie about how eating Mcdonalds 30 days for breakfast, lunch and dinner can put a huge toll on your body. Yet this time around he does something a little bit more daring and complex. Going into the prison system for 30 days and not being able to see the outside world, which he learns quickly is very hard to deal with. Within the documentary there a few things that develop his purpose, including he appeal to learning about the origins of the prisoners. The cycle the prisoners have to go through. The hard truth of dehumanization in the prisons. And the small hope that is left for …show more content…

He describes a dehumanization of people. And elaborates on how you are not yourself once you enter prison. There are people within the documentary “Randy” who has mental issues and does not get any help for it. They are not taken care of, and Morgan describes it as being all alone. No one can do anything minus live in this corrupted mini world that just revolves around themselves. When Morgan got stropped down at the beggening of the jail sentence, he felt controlled because when he used to be able to do and say whatever he wanted. He was not being told exactly what to do or it would result in more punishment and issues. And when there is such a big appeal on how prisons keep bad guys out it shows how many people it really effects. If there are two and half million people in prison or almost 1 in every 160 people are in jail which is very hard to think. We are the American people and need freedom to express our thoughts, isn’t this why our nation was created in the first place? And Morgan amplifies throughout the documentary of how not being able to have a social construct destroys the way of human life. The last big thing that explains the dehumanization of people in prison is when he sees his family, especially the encounter with his wife. Not being able to hug or give her a kiss even though she is right in front makes for a very hard and complex situation that exists within the prison