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The Complicated Legacy of Morgan Spurlock’s ‘Super Size Me’

NOT LOVIN’ IT

Morgan Spurlock’s Oscar-nominated documentary about McDonald’s food sparked a wave of change. But it didn’t last long.

Eboni Boykin-Patterson
Eboni Boykin-Patterson 

Entertainment Reporter

A glitched still from Morgan Spurlock’s ‘Super Size Me’ showing Morgan standing in front of a McDonald’s at night.
Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Roadside Attractions and Getty Images
Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Entertainment Reporter

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