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The Thinning
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The Thinning
Promotional poster
Directed by
Michael Gallagher
Produced by
Michael Gallagher
Jana Winternitz
Michael Wormser.
Written by
Michael Gallagher
Steve Greene
Starring
Logan Paul
Peyton List
Lia Marie Johnson
Calum Worthy
Matthew Glave
Michael Traynor
Ryan Newman
Music by
Brandon Campbell
Cinematography
Greg Cotten
Edited by
Brian Ufberg
Production
company
Legendary Digital Media
Distributed by
YouTube Red
Release date
October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12)
Running time
83 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
The Thinning is a 2016 American social science fiction thriller web film set in a dystopian future in which population control is enforced through a school aptitude test. Those who fail it are executed. Two high school students learn, to their horror, that the tests are rigged. The film stars Logan Paul, Peyton List, Lia Marie Johnson, Calum Worthy, Matthew Glave, Michael Traynor, and Ryan Newman.[1]
The idea of the Thinning was written secretly by Peyton List herself in response to the needless sexualization of youth. Michael Gallagher made changes to Peyton's darker original, which saw Laina get "thinned".

Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 Sequel
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
The plot of the Thinning shows resemblance to the book series The Testing. In the year 2039, Earth's resources are nearly depleted by overpopulation, and global warming leaves less land for the world population to live. So the United Nations declares that all nations must cut their population by 5% each year. While some countries remove their elderly, others enforce a one-child policy. The United States implements a policy known as 10-241 or the "Thinning", a standardized test taken from first grade to twelfth grade. Those who pass continue to the next grade, while those who fail are executed.
The story is set in Austin, Texas where Laina Michaels (Peyton List) helps Simon (Miles Elliot) study for the Thinning. When he is unable to understand the content, Laina reluctantly sells Simon a small contact lens that will solve the questions on the test for him, and uses the money earned to pay for treatments for her sick mother. On their way to the Thinning exam, Simon is nudged and his contact falls out. The guards usher him into the building, and without the lens, he fails his exam and is ultimately executed. Before the test, Laina meets up with her friend Kellan (Calum Worthy) whose father is a teacher at their high school.
Blake Redding (Logan Paul) is the son of the Texas governor Dean Redding (Matthew Glave). Although he lives the high life, he is dating a wild girl named Ellie (Lia Marie Johnson). Blake sneaks out of his house to hang out with Ellie one last time before the Thinning and they sneak off to a hilltop pool. While they are kissing in the car, one of Governor Redding's agents discovers them, and Blake is taken home to be lectured by his father.
Ellie fails the exam the following day, and Blake calls his father in an attempt to free Ellie, but he refuses. Blake causes a diversion and screams at Ellie to run, but she is blocked by students in the hallway and is recaptured. Ellie is executed in the Thinning.
One year later, Laina's mother has died and she is helping her younger sister Corrine (Dimitra Leontidou) study for her first Thinning test. Blake has become cold and distant towards his father since Ellie's death. He makes a video explaining that he will purposefully fail his Thinning exam in order to punish his father for what happened to Ellie and to try to get his father to stop supporting The Thinning. Blake drops his tape in the mail, but his father's agents remove it and have it delivered to him personally. The agents are ordered by Dean Redding to pass Blake regardless of his score. Because Blake and Laina finish the test at the same time, the agents switch Blake's and Laina's scores. Laina fails as a result, despite scoring 98%, and Blake passes with a 15%. Another student, Sarah Foster (Ryan Newman), knows that she wouldn't be able to pass the test, so she has sex with her teacher as motivation for him to alter the test. However, her teacher betrays her and ensures she fails so to hide what he did. Sarah fails the test and is led away with Laina and the other students to be thinned.
The students that pass go to the Recreation Room, having a party while the "failing" students are being thinned. Ms. Birch then watches Sarah's teacher lure another girl into having sex with him. She's aware of what's going on, and steals his keycard when luring him to have sex with her afterschool, but it never happens.
Blake causes a power outage in the school, allowing Laina to escape while the school goes under lockdown. News about the events spreads that parents have no information about what has happened to their students. Because of this, Dean Redding has to reassure to the parents that their students are safe. After using a key card given to her by her teacher, Laina meets up with Blake and they explore through the vents to avoid the guards. Blake, disguised as a guard, leaves Laina to go to the Thinning while Laina goes to the server room to check the scores. To her horror, she finds out that test procedures are rigged and have resulted in the wrongful deaths of many students with passing scores, including Ellie. Mason King and the DPC track Laina down to the server room, apprehend her, and then return her to the Thinning. The teacher that had sex with Sarah is also executed for giving Laina his keycard, but Ms. Birch, Laina's teacher had actually given her key to Laina and stolen his.
After photos of the Thinning results are leaked to the media by Kellan, Governor Redding has no choice but to review the results and execute all those who actually failed, including Blake. He also has to free all the students who passed. Laina is greatly upset by this, and after sharing a kiss with Blake, Blake is dragged away by guards. Blake and the other failing students are executed. After the school finally lifts the lockdown, Laina is reunited with Corrine outside the school.
Blake, and the other supposedly executed students including Sarah, are shown in a large elevator deep underground. As he slowly wakes up, he sees a girl taking off a white mask. The girl is Ellie, and she reveals that those sentenced to the Thinning are still alive and working for the company that makes the tablets for the test.
Cast[edit]
Logan Paul as Blake Redding
Peyton List as Laina Michaels
Calum Worthy as Kellan Woods
Lia Marie Johnson as Ellie Harper
Matthew Glave as Gov. Dean Redding
Michael Traynor as Mason King
Ryan Newman as Sarah Foster
Stacey Dash as Kendra Birch
Patrick O'Sullivan as Mr. Glass
Jana Winternitz as Ms. Cole
Kiersten Warren as Barbara Michaels
Dimitra Leontidou as Corrine Michaels
Miles Elliot as Simon
Tara Platt as Animation Voice Over
Reception[edit]
Adi Robertson of The Verge wrote negatively of the film, describing its plot as "a mess" and that it was a bad take on the dystopian formula, comparing it to the Netflix series 3% as the lower quality of the two dystopian meritocracy premises released that year.[2]
The movie has an audience rating of 5.9 out of 10 on IMDB[3]
Sequel[edit]
On November 17, 2017, Logan Paul announced on his YouTube channel that a sequel, titled 'The Thinning - New World Order' was starting production.[citation needed]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Weiss, Geoff (October 6, 2016). "Logan Paul Unveils Official Trailer For YouTube Red's First Feature Thriller, 'The Thinning'". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
Jump up ^ Robertson, Adi (2016-12-15). "3% and The Thinning are this year's best and worst take on dystopian meritocracy". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
Jump up ^ www.imdb.com/title/tt5254868/
External links[edit]
The Thinning on IMDb
The Thinning at Rotten Tomatoes
The Thinning on YouTube
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Big Mac
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For other uses, see Big Mac (disambiguation).
Big Mac
Nutritional value per 1 sandwich 7.6 oz (215 g)
Energy
550 kcal (2,300 kJ)
Carbohydrates
46 g (15%)
Sugars
9 g
Dietary fiber
3 g (13%)
Fat
29 g (47%)
Saturated
10 g (52%)
Trans
1 g
Protein
25 g
Vitamins
(%DV)†
Qty
Vitamin A
230 IU
Vitamin C
(1%)
1 mg
Minerals
Calcium
(27%)
270 mg
Iron
(35%)
4.5 mg
Sodium
(65%)
970 mg
Other constituents
Salt equivalent
2,425 mg
Energy from fat
260 kcal (1,100 kJ)
Cholesterol
75 mg
Ingredients
See text
Values may be different outside US market.
Units
μg = micrograms • mg = milligrams
IU = International units
†Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
Source: McDonald's USA Product Nutrition
The Big Mac is a hamburger sold by international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. It was introduced in the Greater Pittsburgh area, United States, in 1967 and nationwide in 1968. It is one of the company's signature products.
Contents
[hide]
1 History
2 Product
2.1 Special sauce
2.2 Packaging
3 Advertising
3.1 Two all-beef patties slogan
3.2 1980s advertising
3.3 2005 advertising
4 Variants
5 McDonaldland character
6 Museum
7 Nutritional values per geographical location
8 See also
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
History
The Big Mac was created by Jim Delligatti, an early Ray Kroc franchisee,[1] who was operating several restaurants in the Pittsburgh area. It was invented in the kitchen of Delligatti's first McDonald's franchise, located on McKnight Road in suburban Ross Township.[2] The Big Mac had two previous names, both of which failed in the marketplace: the Aristocrat, which consumers found difficult to pronounce and understand, and Blue Ribbon Burger. The third name, Big Mac, was created by Esther Glickstein Rose, a 21-year-old advertising secretary who worked at McDonald’s corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois.[3] The Big Mac debuted at Delligatti's Uniontown, Pennsylvania restaurant in 1967, selling for 45 cents.[4] It was designed to compete with Big Boy Restaurants' Big Boy hamburger; Eat'n Park was the Pittsburgh area's Big Boy franchisee at the time.[5] The Big Mac proved popular, and it was added to the menu of all U.S. restaurants in 1968.[4]
Product
The Big Mac consists of two 1.6 oz (45.4 g) beef patties, "special sauce" (a variant of Thousand Island dressing), iceberg lettuce, American cheese, pickles, and onions, served in a three-part sesame seed bun.[6]
The Big Mac is known worldwide and is often used as a symbol of American capitalism. The Economist has used it as a reference point for comparing the cost of living in different countries – the Big Mac Index – as it is so widely available and is comparable across markets. This index is sometimes referred to as Burgernomics.[7]
Special sauce
The name was popularized by a 1974 advertising campaign featuring a list of the ingredients in a Big Mac: "Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions – on a sesame seed bun."[8]
Big Mac Sauce is delivered to McDonald's restaurants in sealed canisters designed by Sealright, from which it is meant to be directly dispensed using a special calibrated "sauce gun" that dispenses a specified amount of the sauce for each pull of the trigger.[9] Its design is similar to a caulking gun.
In 2012, McDonald's admitted that "the special sauce ingredients were not really a secret" because the recipe had been available online "for years".[10] It consists of store-bought mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish and yellow mustard whisked together with vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika.[10]
Packaging
The Big Mac, along with many other McDonald's products, was first served in a "clamshell" styrofoam container that was phased out beginning in 1990 due to environmental concerns.[11] The product is now sold in a collapsible cardboard box.
Advertising
The Big Mac is often sold as part of a combination meal
The earliest instances of McDonald's utilizing advertising for the burger were mainly print ads, and a TV ad in which Hoyt Axton sings "The Ballad of Big Mac" which aired in 1969.
Two all-beef patties slogan
The Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions – on a sesame seed bun concept for the jingle was created by Keith Reinhard, Chairman Emeritus of DDB Worldwide, and his creative group at Needham Harper and Steers. Originally, the ingredients appeared as a one-word heading for a McDonald's ad developed for college newspapers. The words were then set to music created by Mark Vieha, who performed the original jingle. The first run of commercials ran only a year and a half, going off the air in 1976, but its popularity remained beyond its TV life. Subsequent to the jingle, McDonald's followed up with a promotion based on its customers spontaneously having a "Big Mac Attack".
Many franchises in the United States ran promotions during the original campaign that awarded a free burger to customers who could recite the slogan within a specified time (usually two or three seconds). One example of its success was that the McDonald's operators in New York City ran out of Big Mac buns.[citation needed] McDonald's Australia emulated this promotion in the mid-1980s, and some Brazilian McDonald's around the same time (only offering a free glass of Coca-Cola instead), in the Portuguese-language version, which is "Dois hambúrgueres, alface, queijo, molho especial, cebola e picles num pão com gergelim".
In 2003, McDonald's revived the phrase. In an English-language ad from McDonald's international "i'm lovin' it" campaign, a rapper rapidly spouts off the trademark in the background music. Also in 2003, American Greetings and Carlton Cards released a Christmas ornament of a Big Mac, on which the slogan was both printed and played aloud by pulling on a string. Roy Bergold, National Advertising Manager at McDonald's, has a big hand in championing the original campaign and helping to bring it back.
In 2008, the phrase was revived by McDonald's Malaysia. The revival includes the original prize of a free Big Mac if the customer is able to recite the phrase in under four seconds. This was released in May, along with the promotional Mega Mac, which has four beef patties rather than the standard two.[12]
1980s advertising
In the early 1980s, as a promotion, McDonald's staged an in-house rivalry between their two most popular products. Consumers were invited to decide "Which one will be number one? Chicken McNuggets or Big Mac sandwiches?" For each of either item that a customer bought, they received another of the same at half price. Later in the ad campaign, the second was offered for free. It was eventually announced that the Big Mac was "number one".
2005 advertising
In 2005, McDonald's began offering product placement rewards to hip hop artists who namechecked the Big Mac in their music, giving US$5 to the artist for every time a song mentioning the hamburger was played on the radio.[13] This offer quickly spawned a satirical reference from hip hop artist Mad Skillz, who references the marketing ploy in his track "2005 Wrap Up" by stating "And I'm beefin' wit' Mickey D's man, y'all dead wrong, Talkin' 'bout payin' rappers to mention Big Macs in their song, We do rap from the heart, y'all better have some respect, Alright, Big Mac! Big Mac! Big Mac! Now where's my check?"
Variants
A Mega Mac burger with a large Coke and fries in Malaysia
The Mega Mac or Double Big Mac: four 1.6 oz (45.4 g) beef patties and an extra slice of cheese. Available in Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia (during promotional periods only), Turkey, Singapore, Pakistan, South Korea, and Thailand.[12] Discontinued in New Zealand. In the United States, buyers can ask to double their Big Mac with two additional patties, although this is limited to only certain states. The Double Big Mac is the biggest regular hamburger produced by the chain and has 680 calories.[14]
Big Big Mac: a Quarter Pounder–like product sold in Europe (Finland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and Italy). Has been sold periodically in Sweden, there called "Grand Big Mac" (where "Grand" was pronounced in British, not American, English, in their advertising[not in citation given]).[15]
The Denali Mac: made with two quarter pound patties. Named after Denali in Alaska, and sold only in that state.[16][17] Also known as the Bigger Big Mac as a limited-time offer product to celebrate the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
In India, where consuming beef is illegal in most states, the Big Mac is known as the Maharaja Mac and was originally made with lamb instead of beef; however, along with the company's other items, it is now made from chicken.[18][19] A vegetarian option is also available, substituting corn patties in the place of beef.
The Chicken Big Mac is a Big Mac with two breaded chicken patties sold in Pakistan, Egypt, UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar.[20][21][22]
The Giga Big Mac is a larger version of the Big Mac with three times the meat of a Big Mac sold in Japan.[23]
A Grand Big Mac (left) and Mac Jr. (right) alongside a regular Big Mac (center), released for a limited time in the UK as part of the 50th anniversary of the burger.[24]
Mac Jr. is a reduction of the standard Big Mac. It uses a two-piece bun and contains only one beef patty. Available in the U.S. beginning in 2017.[25]
Grand Mac uses larger patties, at 1⁄3 pound (150 g) combined. Available in the U.S. beginning in 2017.[25]
Big Mac BLT is a standard Big Mac burger with the addition of bacon and tomato. Released in Australia in late 2017.[26]
McDonaldland character
Main article: McDonaldland
In addition to the McDonald's signature hamburger, Big Mac was the name of a character, Officer Big Mac, in McDonaldland, the fictional world created as an advertising campaign for McDonald's. Officer Big Mac was similar to Mayor McCheese, except he was the chief of police, wearing a constable uniform and sporting a large Big Mac for a head.
Museum
The Big Mac Museum in 2014
On August 22, 2007, McDonald's opened the Big Mac Museum in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania to celebrate the Big Mac’s 40th anniversary. The museum features the world's largest Big Mac statue (measuring 14 feet high and 12 feet wide) and has hundreds of historic artifacts and exhibits that celebrate the Big Mac.[27][28]
Some Uniontown residents were unhappy with the selected location;[29] a McDonald’s spokesperson said that the decision was based on ease of highway access.[30]
Nutritional values per geographical location
The Big Mac is a geographically localized product. In the United States, the Big Mac has 550 kcal (2,300 kJ), 29 grams of fat and 25 grams of protein. In Australia, the burger is slightly smaller with 493 kcal (2,060 kJ) and 26.9 grams of fat, but similar amounts of protein with 25.2 grams,[31] while the Japanese burger tops out the scales at 557 kcal and 30.5 grams of fat. Several Mcdonald's subsidiaries adapt the standard features of the Big Mac (from the USA) to regional requirements.[32]
Comparisons of the Big Mac standard nutritional values in different countries - Sodium values converted to their salt equivalents, rounded and in bold
Country
Energy kcal
Carbohydrates g
Protein g
Fat (total) g
Dietary fiber g
Salt equivalent mg
Serving
size
(weight) g
Reference
Argentina 485 40 24 26 3.3 2005 .ar
Australia 493 35.3 25.2 26.9 2148 201 .au[dead link]
Austria 495 40 27 25 3 2300 219 .at
Belgium 495 40 27 25 2300 .be
Bosnia and Herzegovina 510 41 27 26 3 2200 .ba
Brazil 491 40 26 26 3.8 2033 .br
Canada 520 45 23 28 3 2413 209 .ca
Chile 478 40 26 24 4 2133 .cl[permanent dead link]
China 520 46 26 26 .cn
Croatia 510 41 27 26 3 2200 .hr
Czech Republic 510 41 27 26 2200 .cz
Denmark 510 41 27 26.1 3 2200 .info
Egypt 522 28.235 25.911 .eg
Finland 510 41 27 26 3 2200 .fi
France 508 42 27 26 3.1 2300 221 .info
Germany 510 41 27 26 3 2200 221 .de
Greece 495 40 27 25 3 2300 221 .gr
Hong Kong 497 43.1 26.4 24.2 2003 .hk
Hungary 510 41 27 26 3 2200 .info
Ireland 490 41 28 24 4 2100 .ie
Italy 510 41 27 26 3 2200 .info[dead link]
Japan 557 45.2 25.5 30.5 2800 .jp
Lithuania 509 42 27 26 3.1 2300 219 .lt
Malaysia 484 46 26 23 1825 209 .my
Mexico 486 45 22 26 3 2228 .mx[permanent dead link]
Netherlands 510 41 27 26 3 2200 .info
New Zealand 494 36.8 26.4 25.9 2415 202 .nz[dead link]
Norway 510 41 27 26 3 2200 .no
Poland 510 41 27 26 3 2200 .info
Portugal 509 42 27 26 3.2 2300 219 .pt
Romania 510 41 27 26 3 2200 .info[dead link]
Russia 495 40 27 25 3 2300 .info[dead link]
Serbia 493 40 27 25 3 2300 .rs
South Africa 496 39 24.3 26.4 3.2 2433 .za
South Korea 510 26 2533 213 .kr
Sweden 505 42 26 26 3 2300 219 .se
Switzerland 510 41 27 26 3 2200 .info
Taiwan 530 45 27 26 .tw
Turkey 480 43 28 22 2100 .tr
United Kingdom 508 43 26 25 3.6 2300 .uk
United States 540 47 25 28 3 2426 215 .us
See also
Food portal
Don Gorske, a Big Mac enthusiast
List of sandwiches
Similar products by other restaurant chains:
Big Boy (Big Boy Restaurants and Frisch's Big Boy)
Big Hardee (Hardee's)
Big King (Burger King)
Big Shef (Burger Chef)
Big Wink (Winky's)
Bonus Jack (Jack in the Box)
Superburger (Eat'n Park)
Teen Burger (A&W) is not a double decker like the Big Mac, but its "teen sauce" is similar to "special sauce".
References
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^ Jump up to: a b "Jim Delligatti Biography" (PDF) (Press release). McDonald's. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Obituary: William D. Peters / President of Eat'n Park restaurants". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 20, 2000. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
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Jump up ^ "Sealright designs sauce system for McDonald's in South Africa, China". Kansas City Business Journal. April 26, 1996. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b "Make a Big Mac at home! McDonald's top chef explains the secret to chain's burger (but why doesn't it look quite like what you get at the counter?)". Daily Mail. London. July 10, 2012.
Jump up ^ McDonald's to Do Away With Foam Packages. Los Angeles Times. 1990-11-02. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
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