Morgan Spurlock:

Spurlock, who ate nothing but McDonald’s meals for 30 days to make his Oscar-nominated 2004 documentary “Super Size Me,” spoke Friday at Hatboro-Horsham High School in suburban Philadelphia during its first-ever Health and Wellness Fair.

In his hourlong presentation before 700 students, Spurlock joked about the intelligence of McDonald’s employees, using an Indian accent as he imitated a cashier trying to figure out how to ring up a Quarter Pounder hamburger. He also joked about “retarded kids in the back wearing helmets” and teachers smoking pot in the balcony.

There actually were special education students in the back row. Teachers led them out during the hourlong presentation.
“If you put the whole package together, the use of the F-word and poking fun at teachers and the comments about special-needs students, it just wasn’t appropriate,” Superintendent William Lessa said.

Immigrant and retard-bashing. Lovely. His defense:

Spurlock said he has never had a complaint after giving similar talks at other high schools and colleges. “The greatest lesson those kids learned today was the importance of free speech,” he said.

“I didn’t talk to them the way most lecturers do and bore them. I made an unaccessible topic accessible and left the room with more friends than enemies.”

Schmuck.

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