Please, Please Watch This TV Show

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Saturday June 18, 2005 · 10:43 AM PDT

2005/06/18 · 10:43

Morgan Spurlock, the acclaimed filmmaker who spent 30 Days eating nothing but McDonalds for his documentary "Super Size Me", has his own TV show titled "30 Days".

I can't vouch for the entire series although it looks interesting. But the first episode is simply brilliant, must-see TV.

For the pilot episode, Spurlock and his fiance spend 30 days living on minimum wage with no health insurance. What results is a moving tale of the invisible, and growing class in America that is the working poor.

So compelling is this documentary that it should be required viewing for every US politician and every American. In just 40 minutes, Mr Spurlock demonstrates unequivocally (and in a way that only the most sociopathic dittohead would deny) that the American dream of a working middle class is no longer available to a significant portion of our population. It offers an up-close view of the real life of so many who work as much as three jobs just to barely eke out a living.

It is clear that by the end of his 30 days, Mr Spurlock had had an epiphany. Chances are, after watching this episode, you will too.

This show will run again tomorrow (Sunday) night at 11:00 E/PST on the FX channel (of all places).

Please, watch it, record it and distribute it to everyone you can. Post it online. Send it to a politician. This little documentary is nothing less than a video manifesto for why the Democratic party exists.

And for the first time, I'll ask you to consider recommending this diary so as many people as possible will get the word.

Thanks,
Tocque Deville

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