"Neither could we."]
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Morgan Spurlock:
In the lawsuit against them, McDonald's stated that it is a matter of common knowledge that any processing its foods undertake serve to make them more unhealthier than unprocessed foods. Case in Point: McNuggets. [animated cartoon segment, with a chicken on a walker approaching a farmer] Morgan Spurlock:
Originally created from chickens too old to lay eggs, McNuggets are now created from chickens with unusually large breasts. [the farmer suddenly gets an idea. He grabs the chicken and puts it into a machine called the Nuggetron 5000] Morgan Spurlock:
They are stripped to the bone, and ground up into a sort of chicken mash, which is then combined with all sorts of additives and preservatives, pressed into familiar shapes, breaded and deep-fryed, freeze-dried, and then shipped to a McDonald's near you. [as he's saying that, the chicken enters a series of devices that ground it up, and then hits another device that removes the bones. The boneless chicken goes up a belt and has its head sliced off by a blade, and then the mash goes up into another machine. It comes out and is compressed into McNugget shapes, put into a deep-fryer, and then the finished nuggets come out on the conveyer belt, where the farmer picks one up] Morgan Spurlock:
Judge Robert Sweet called them a McFrankenstein creation of various ingredients not utilized by the home cook. [Cuts to a poster of a chicken, above which is the question "Can you find the nuggets on this chicken?" The camera pans down to reveal the answer: "Neither could we."]
In the lawsuit against them, McDonald's stated that it is a matter of common knowledge that any processing its foods undertake serve to make them more unhealthier than unprocessed foods. Case in Point: McNuggets. [animated cartoon segment, with a chicken on a walker approaching a farmer] Morgan Spurlock:
Originally created from chickens too old to lay eggs, McNuggets are now created from chickens with unusually large breasts. [the farmer suddenly gets an idea. He grabs the chicken and puts it into a machine called the Nuggetron 5000] Morgan Spurlock:
They are stripped to the bone, and ground up into a sort of chicken mash, which is then combined with all sorts of additives and preservatives, pressed into familiar shapes, breaded and deep-fryed, freeze-dried, and then shipped to a McDonald's near you. [as he's saying that, the chicken enters a series of devices that ground it up, and then hits another device that removes the bones. The boneless chicken goes up a belt and has its head sliced off by a blade, and then the mash goes up into another machine. It comes out and is compressed into McNugget shapes, put into a deep-fryer, and then the finished nuggets come out on the conveyer belt, where the farmer picks one up] Morgan Spurlock:
Judge Robert Sweet called them a McFrankenstein creation of various ingredients not utilized by the home cook. [Cuts to a poster of a chicken, above which is the question "Can you find the nuggets on this chicken?" The camera pans down to reveal the answer: "Neither could we."]
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man laughing Morgan In the lawsuit against them
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McDonald's stated in their own defense
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that it's a matter of common knowledge
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that any processing that its foods undergo
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serve to make them more harmful than unprocessed foods
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Case in point McNuggets
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Originally created from old chickens
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that could no longer lay eggs
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McNuggets are now made from chickens
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with unusually large breasts
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They're stripped from the bone
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and ground up into a sort of chicken mash
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which is then combined with all sorts of stabilizers and preservatives
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pressed into familiar shapes
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breaded deep fried freeze dried
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and then shipped to a McDonald's near you
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Judge Robert Sweet called them
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a McFrankenstein creation of various elements
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not utilized by the home cook
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Movie Summary
While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
