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The Men Who Made Us Thin
Thu Aug 15, 9-10pm, BBC2
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Episode two
Jacques Peretti’s more serious mode continues to suit him very well as this series continues. Tonight, he once again finds a perfect balance between levity and some admirably tenacious journalism. Parts of this series are unquestionably very funny – look out for a marvellous cameo from American exercise guru Richard Simmons, who brings to mind Leo Sayer after a couple of years as a hostage.
But when Peretti finds himself facing bigwigs from food and drugs companies, he doesn’t let us down – he’s notably reluctant to let the man from Pepsi off the hook for a start. Overall, the central thrust of this second episode seems to be that instead of tackling unhealthy eating at its roots – which logically, would entail regulating the suppliers of unhealthy food – we continue to look for ‘magic bullets’ regardless of how untested they might be. In a very real sense, we want to have our cake and eat it. Fascinating and entertaining stuff.
Jacques Peretti’s more serious mode continues to suit him very well as this series continues. Tonight, he once again finds a perfect balance between levity and some admirably tenacious journalism. Parts of this series are unquestionably very funny – look out for a marvellous cameo from American exercise guru Richard Simmons, who brings to mind Leo Sayer after a couple of years as a hostage.
But when Peretti finds himself facing bigwigs from food and drugs companies, he doesn’t let us down – he’s notably reluctant to let the man from Pepsi off the hook for a start. Overall, the central thrust of this second episode seems to be that instead of tackling unhealthy eating at its roots – which logically, would entail regulating the suppliers of unhealthy food – we continue to look for ‘magic bullets’ regardless of how untested they might be. In a very real sense, we want to have our cake and eat it. Fascinating and entertaining stuff.
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