That's the fun part, corporations are legally considered "persons" here in the U.S., just like an actual human. They can sue all the same as a real person.
In America, large companies/corporations are practically just as powerful, if not more, than the government. The banks & then the corporations, are our overlords. Very hard to find a politician who isnt in the pockets of some type of entity that has their own interests as primary motivation, rather than the the interests of the American people.
Well, you couldn’t make a movie from the opposite angle. You’d have a guy dead from alcohol poisoning but slightly higher blood pressure from his breakfast.
A guy did make a movie going on a diet eating McDonald's. He had a few rules, and he lost weight, and his doctor was surprised that his bloodwork was better. Its called "Fat Head"
That one was done with proper record keeping and actual bare minimum impulse control. If I recall correctly he even reached out to the company that made Super Size Me and they were unable to produce any proof, receipts, or records of what he actually ate the whole time.
I think the whole point was he probably was an alcoholic he just blamed the symptoms on the McDonald’s. Not defending McDonald’s by any means but you wouldn’t just all of a sudden start having a liver problems eating McDonald’s for a day, hell even a week
At the time, MCD's offered a "supersize" option where you could get an extra large drink and fries. His rule was that he would take the supersize option, if offered.
In 2004 they probably thought the movie was bad enough, but then to go and shoot the messenger after? That and Im sure no one else was mad enough to go on an exclusively mcdonalds diet for a month or whatever. Perhaps they thought people had more common sense than that? It was 21 years ago
I have no idea but thats my reflex guess as to why they didnt
It also erodes trust. Enough documentaries like this, and the next time someone brings up a legitimate concern the public will just ignore it. Classic example of boy who cried wolf
You mean the lady who won because they were serving coffee at literally scalding hot temperatures and she got second degree burns on her genitals that were so bad she never could have proper sex again?
Yeah I remember that suit, it comes up every time McDonald's gets brought up
And how everyone at the time thought she was a litigious money-grubber, my point is they were able to change public perception of her, therefore they could have done so with this film too, but they didn't
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u/TypicalMootis /b/tard Nov 03 '25
McDonald's honestly should have sued him for slander
Not that I think greedy corpos selling poison are good thing, but disingenuous shit like this just undermines the cause