Spurlock's Use Of Humor In Film

One technique that Spurlock uses throughout this film is humor. He uses in in many different ways about many different examples. He uses names like, “McTummy, McBrick, McGurgles, and "McStomachache when describing the effects of eating the McDonalds. One thing that was clearly noticeable was how overly exaggerated he was throughout the whole movie. Yes humor is good and it keeps people interested, but it almost covers up the actual facts that would actually persuade rather than just joke. At one point he even started to sweat and says he thinks that he is so full that he is dying. He also starts to sweat and tells us that "I 'm dying" because he is so full and "feels like puking." Not only did he feel like it, but he actually pukes and then zooms in on it which is another thing he does

He proves how tired you can get (when he was struggling and out of breath while walking up the stairs) from all the eating of fast food. Not only did the weight gain affect his performance in life in general, but it also affected his relationship with his girlfriend who actually never wanted him to do the project in the first place. Spurlock doing the project himself was probably the best way possible to get his own factual support because he was able to use both his weight gain and decrease in his health overall. He kind of uses Pathos with this same idea as well, by making the entire documentary a personal story. Lots of statistics are given during the course of the documentary such as, “sixty percent of all Americans are either overweight or obese”, (“Super-Size Me,” 2007) which shows us just how serious this problem is and will continue to be if we don’t take action. I think this was one of the biggest, and most convincing technique that he could of used to persuade people that agree, to agree more, and people who don’t agree, to change their