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pWotD Episode 2579: Morgan Spurlock Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a popular Wikipedia page every day.With 519,940 views on Friday, 24 May 2024 our article of the day is Morgan Spurlock.Morgan Valentine Spurlock (November 7, 1970 – May 23, 2024) was an American documentary filmmaker, playwright, screenwriter, and television producer. He directed 23 films and was the producer of nearly 70 films throughout his career. He received acclaim for directing the documentary Super Size Me (2004), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. He produced What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) and directed Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? (2008), POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011), Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011), and One Direction: This Is Us (2013). Spurlock was executive producer and star of the reality television series 30 Days (2005–2008). In June 2013, he became the producer and host of the CNN show Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (2013–2016). He was also the co-founder of the short-film content marketing company Cinelan, which produced the Focus Forward campaign for GE.The documentary Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! was set to be released in 2017, until Spurlock wrote a social media post says that he had a history of sexual misconduct and referred to himself as "part of the problem", leading to a distribution drop and his resignation from the production company. The film was instead distributed in 2019. He died at the age of 53 of complications relating to cancer.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:45 UTC on Saturday, 25 May 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Morgan Spurlock on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Aditi Standard.

WOKE WEDNESDAY: Dilbert goes for the ESG-ugular, What Would Jesus Buy, Vivek's "shareholders", and Barry Diller

Welp, it looks like we have a Christmas miracle, everyone: We found the lamest fucking documentary ever made.  That’s right, we watched What Would Jesus Buy? so you don’t have to! Join us as we fly off the fucking rails, becoming bona fide capitalists strictly in spite of this terrible movie, despite its agreeable message. Pour yourself a tall glass of eggnog and vodka (as Jen would make it), kick back, and tune in as we discuss the length of Brokeback Mountain (the book), living in Orange Julius, the shameful lives of poor children, and all those other things that bring you holiday cheer. Oh and also, fuck Morgan Spurlock.

Christmas is creepin' and the Documenteers hit the seasonal theme in this week's episode as Jonni and Bob Sham tackle a holiday warning in Rob VanAlkemade's 2007 documentary about Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. It's "What Would Jesus Buy?" and it's free to view on Reverend Billy's YouTube channel. Good to know you don't have to buy a movie about holiday consumerism. Nobody seems to think Reverend Billy is wrong, but how well is this message being communicated in this film? Will Bob stop his holiday bitching? Maybe next week. Let's go to the mall! Then we can get escorted out of the mall by armed security! Then we dry hump the shrubs at Wal-Mart headquarters! We apologize on behalf of good taste for songs used in this episode, but what the hell do you expect? It's a Christmas themed episode. Bob's just trolling himself, really. You get it, right? Right? Keep on Doccin'®

Listen in as ArtsCultureBeat talks with spitfire actor, writer, and producer Reverend Billy Talen of Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir and Choir member and activist Dragonfly (aka Miss Justice Jester). For nearly two decades, performance artist Reverend Billy has staged protests in the style of Evangelical sermons passionately agitating against wide-ranging sins such environmental exploitation, commercialism, and police brutality. He's been an NYC mayoral candidate, the subject of the documentary "What Would Jesus Buy?," and he's been arrested more than 70 times, most recently at a Black Lives Matter protest at Grand Central Terminal. He's joined by Dragonfly , longtime Choir member and activist, a leader in the Ferguson protests. Her hug of a Ferguson riot cop in front of the police station, which was a mutual hug, was seen by many millions, picked up by AP, "New Yorker." Now, just before the launch of Reverend Billy's “Faster, Monsanto! Die! Die!” world tour, Reverned Billy and Dragonfly talk to ArtsCultureBeat’s Vanessa Quirk and Yashica Dutt about activism, acting, and the blurry line between playing and becoming a character. 

Listen in as ArtsCultureBeat talks with spitfire actor, writer, and producer Reverend Billy Talen of Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir and Choir member and activist Dragonfly (aka Miss Justice Jester). For nearly two decades, performance artist Reverend Billy has staged protests in the style of Evangelical sermons passionately agitating against wide-ranging sins such environmental exploitation, commercialism, and police brutality. He's been an NYC mayoral candidate, the subject of the documentary "What Would Jesus Buy?," and he's been arrested more than 70 times, most recently at a Black Lives Matter protest at Grand Central Terminal. He's joined by Dragonfly , longtime Choir member and activist, a leader in the Ferguson protests. Her hug of a Ferguson riot cop in front of the police station, which was a mutual hug, was seen by many millions, picked up by AP, "New Yorker." Now, just before the launch of Reverend Billy's “Faster, Monsanto! Die! Die!” world tour, Reverned Billy and Dragonfly talk to ArtsCultureBeat’s Vanessa Quirk and Yashica Dutt about activism, acting, and the blurry line between playing and becoming a character. 

Activist Cinema Episode 6 - What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) is a documentary that follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping on their North American tour in the month leading up to Christmas 2005.  As we head into the capitalist orgy of Black Friday and the holiday shopping season, this film works as a great antidote to the consumer frenzy that is about to be unleashed.  Also, it is available free on YouTube (as of this posting).  Rev. Billy and Nehemiah are both currently (11.24.13) facing a year in prison.  Please follow this link to sign a petition for their charges to be dropped. [Click to Listen]

Rob was an interviewer and videographer for Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation while earning an MA in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research.  Rob’s short film Preacher With An Unknown God won a Sundance Jury Award.  Rob directed the Morgan Spurlock produced theatrical feature What Would Jesus Buy, about saving Christmas from the Shopocalypse.  Rob has since been a director, producer, cinematographer, sound recordist and editor on a variety of documentary and broadcast productions on films including: Burning Man: Beyond Black Rock, Freakonomics, and more recently, Carol Channing: Larger Than Life.  Rob is currently working on his feature documentary Training for the Apocalypse, winner of a Pacific Pioneer Grant, which is about the journeys of survivalists, truth-seekers and prophets united in their preparations for global cataclysm and the near-extinction of humanity as they struggle to make sense of the world they live in now.

It is my great pleasure to have on the show tonight Rev. Billy of the Church of Earthalujah discussing his film, What Would Jesus Buy?, the Billy Pulpit and his Church of Stop Shopping!  You're in for some fun and a real treat tonight! In the second half of the show, Prof. Gina Messina-Dysert discusses The Feminism & Religion Project.  Learn about the project and how you can get involved.

Will You Be Saved From The "Shopocalypse" This Christmas Season? Pacifica Radio offered its listners a bit of "salvation" in the form of a recorded live performance by Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. The performance took place in New York City on November 4th, 2007 at the Highline Ballroom. Reverend Billy and his choir proselytized against consumerism, which they claim stifles the uniqueness of our lives, and told their audience that they believe that, "if we 'back away from the product' - even a little bit, then we Put The Odd Back In God!" A sermon by Reverend Billy anchors the performance with a critique of "born again" fundamentalist religion, which he claims inevitably leads to violence. He gives homage to our "first births" and encourages his audience to re-connect with their innate questioning nature. This program was produced for Pacifica Radio (www.pacifica.org) by Jon Almeleh and Ursula Ruedenberg. Mixing and editing was done by Jon Almeleh and Bill Wells. Doug George provided technical assistance.For information about Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, go to www.revbilly.com. For information about What Would Jesus Buy the movie, go to wwjbmovie.com

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"All the Ends of the Earth"* for Sunday, 17 August 2008; book review: *Encountering the Mystery; Understanding Orthodox Christianity Today* by Bartholomew I, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch (2008); film review: *What Would Jesus Buy?* (2007); poem review: *A Nation* by Czeslaw Milosz.

Averting the Shopocalypse!In order to avert the dangerous distraction of the "Shopocalypse" O No! What Would Jesus Buy Caroline welcomes Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping and his now launched movie, "What Would Jesus Buy?" The post The Visionary Activist Show – December 13, 2007 appeared first on KPFA.

Stephen Massicotte on his play "The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion" about T.E. Lawrence and Robert Graves; also Rev. Billy and Savitri  D on "What Would Jesus Buy?" a film documenting their Church of Stop Shopping's mission to decommercialize Xmas.

An interview with Rob VanAlkemade the director of What Would Jesus Buy? and Savitri Durkee the Director of the Church of Stop Shopping (as well as the artist-wife of Reverend Billy. What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt. Bill Talen (aka Reverend Billy) was a lost idealist who hitchhiked to New York City only to find that Times Square was becoming a mall. Spurred on by the loss of his neighborhood and inspired by the sidewalk preachers around him, Bill bought a collar to match his white caterer's jacket, bleached his hair and became the Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping. Since 1999, Reverend Billy has gone from being a lone preacher with a portable pulpit preaching on subways, to the leader of a congregation and a movement whose numbers are well into the thousands.