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May 19, 2005

Super Sized Reality TV: Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days

(Filed under: Reality TV)

Morgan Spurlock, the man behind the anti-fast food documentary Super Size Me (and the new Don't Eat This Book), has a new reality show coming to FX—30 Days. The show puts people in strange circumstances for 30 days to see how they respond, much like the McDonald's fueled binge Spurlock went on for Super Size Me.

One episode features a "fundamentalist Christian" who lives as a Muslim for 30 days to experience prejudice in America since 9/11.

"One of my favorite episodes is ... what's it like to be a Muslim in America ... who is seen every day as a threat to our freedom simply because of their color, their race, their religion. [It's] something we deal with every day in America, and we hear about it with terrorism threats every day. ... He dresses as a Muslim, eats as a Muslim, he prays five time a day, he studies the Koran daily, he learns to speak Arabic, he works with an imam, a Muslim cleric, to learn the history of Islam, what are the five pillars, why are they important. And the transformation this guy goes through in 30 days is miraculous, it's incredible," says Spurlock

Other episodes include a conservative straight man living with a gay roommate, a mother turning to binge-drinking to teach her daughter a lesson, and Spurlock himself living on minimum wage (which sounds a lot like the reality TV version of Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich).

Update: David Stacy, the fundamentalist Christian, and the Muslim Haque family share what it was like to be on the show.

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Posted by kevin at May 19, 2005 10:18 AM

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