‘Documentaries should never be trusted’. How important to the spectator is the sense that they should trust the documentary film maker? • Spurlock taking on the role of “social actor” WHAT impact does this have on the spectator? • Closing statement – Is this our ‘port of entry to the political’ (Performative - Nichols – 2001)? • Illustrative facts and diagrams – • Spurlock phoning Jim Cantulupo – What position (Stuart Hall – 1980) are the spectator put in? • Family unable to pledge their allegiance to the Flag – Yet they can pledge their allegiance to McDonalds • Non-diegetic music “I hope you got fat!” – Elements of the Performative as well. • Day 26 – Desecration of Scene – Chapter 15 Scene – Chapter 14