Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead: The Most Genius Infomercial Ever Created
Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead : The Most Genius Infomercial Ever Created By Andrew Glassman A Brevielle Juicer It's 3:30am, the late run of Die Hard has come to a conclusion, and John McClane comes out victor once again. Next up on the schedule, "Paid Programming". It's the crack-cocaine of late night television, the infomercial. The testimonials are fake, the products are cheap, and when you wake up at noon the next day you wonder what you're doing with your life. I was expecting more of the same when I flipped on ' Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead ' from the Netfilx Documentary section (this section is a guilty pleasure of many). The premise of the film is to follow Joe Cross, a middle aged Australian, on a road trip across America. Along the way, he participates in a juice fast. He consumes no food, only naturally created juice for 60 days. At the end, we see Joe 100 pounds lighter, and looking healthier than a vegan training for an Ironman. Oh b...