• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    He was actually an inspiration to me. I was a dumb kid and never really liked documentaries.

    But he brought an interesting topic (fast food), mixed a bit of self experimentation, and made it entertaining.

    His movie made me interested in other things like Myth Busters and telling stories in a more casual way.

    All the controversy years later is unfortunate. The guy wasn’t a good person or a good scientist. He was just a dude with a agenda. But he was a good storyteller. And I liked that.

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      5 months ago

      The problem was that, like many good storytellers, he didn’t let the facts get in the way of a good story. Not ideal for a documentarian.