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At this point in my life I know that watching a Fox produced show (pre-Disney deal) will come with some propaganda, I was ready for that and I planned to enjoyed the same way I would enjoy a book written by Lovecraft. So here I am, years after the show first caught my eyes, bored out of my mind, and I just watched it, and I liked it, propaganda and all. Crane is a really good protagonist who takes himself just seriously enough for my taste, the town of Sleepy Hollow is charming and lovely, and the writing and direction of the show were really decent. There's a clear fish out of water thing happening and I think it's great. What I don't like however is how Fox missed the opportunity to have a crossover between this show and the exorcist show, I would've loved a "Witness meets Exorcist" special, but Alas, that will never materialize.

In 1978 during the famous Egyptian comedy play al-Motazowgoon, Hanafy, played by the late great Goerge Sedhom, said to his food obsessed wife Gamalat, played by Rawya Sa'id "people eat to live, Gamalat, they do not live to eat".

In this documentary, I saw a history of turning eating from something we do to live, into something we live to do. The film makers really nailed the thorough explanation of the complicated matter that effects people world wide. I wish that an Egyptian film maker would make a piece that is as honest and nuanced about Egyptian food culture as this one is about American food culture.

I went to a lot of doctors in my life for my weight and guess what, they all recommended the same low fat high carb diet, and guess what, none of what they suggested work. Keep in mind that I'm an Egyptian for Cairo, my country's national dish, the Koshary, is carbs on top of carbs and I love it. But all the time I craved fat, all the time I wanted to eat eggs for breakfast, I was told that I needed to resist that while in fact my body was telling me what it needed, so here I am, rethinking my relationship with food.

The two missing stars is because the film didn't account for the psychological side to eating and weight, or for the difference of effects across genders.