Bigger Stronger Faster Summary

Bell, Christopher, Alexander Buono, Tamsin Rawady, Jim Czarnecki, Brian Singbiel, and David Porter. Bigger Stronger Faster*: *the Side Effects of Being American. Los Angeles, Calif: Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2008.
Christopher Bell’s documentary, Bigger Stronger Faster*: * The Side Effects of Being American.delves into the world of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) and methods in sports. This documentary collects perspectives from athletes who have used PEDs, medical experts, politicians, users that the director knows personally, as well as the director himself. The documentary aims to raise awareness on the subject of performance enhancement in sports, the ethics of PEDs and methods, and to find possible explanations as to why performance enhancement is so rampant in sports.
Bell’s Documentary includes various perspectives on the subject of
Burgess goes on to explain that bigorexia is an obsession, predominant in males, with attaining muscle mass. Burgess even admits to having a mild case of this disorder and he believes that there is a link between certain cartoons, in this case the popular anime Dragon Ball Z, and early development of this disorder in young boys.
Burgess states that the show, while not initially intended for very young children due to the large amounts of violence, had become very popular with youths of the 1990’s. The show depicts characters devote their lives to martial arts and training to become more powerful beings. As a result the majority of the characters on the show are muscular and have very exaggerated physiques. Burgess believes that this emphasis placed on the physiques of these fictional characters leave a misguided impression on the minds of youth as to what a naturally attainable physique