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31. Jan, 2017 
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The Founder
The Big Mac Daddy
Official Site | Trailer & Mo
PG-13Â | 115 min
As a kid my love for McDonald’s was beyond super-sized.  As an adult, I haven’t abandoned the golden arches, but I certainly don’t eat there as much as I did as an ultra-happy Happy Meal younginÂ
Anywho, I always remembered seeing this plaque in our local Maccy D’s…
And I was like, who’s Ray Kroc? Â And why isn’t his last name McDonald?? Â And what up wit dat??? Â I didn’t bother to ever ask my parents these questions, so I kept these questions to myself
The rise of the internet somehow never moved me to look further into this, and so I am thankful that the answers in the John Lee Hancock directed, and Robert Siegel written story of how Ray Kroc became Mr McDonald’s, and the McDonald brothers became a footnote in their own invention could be found in The Founder
Kroc (an excellent, cold AND hot Michael Keaton) was a struggling milkshake salesman, when a chance encounter with Richard and Maurice McDonald (a less annoying/mustached than usual Nick Offerman, and the mad round of awesomeness John Carroll Lynch) and their bustling, innovative namesake burger joint in San Bernardino, California, changed the fortunes and futures of all involved
Dick and Mac McDonald created McDonald’s, but with their permission, they unleashed Kroc to make their modern fast food franchise into a giant reality, and created a monster in the process.  The Brothers wanted to retain and maintain control, but as the brand grew under Kroc’s stewardship, they lost more and more of it, to the point where they were cut out completely
The story of McDonald’s is the story of America – capitalism, efficiency, grease, greed - all done with a smile, no matter how crooked that smile is on the inside
Mr Kroc, you may not be the greatest human being, but don’t you have to crack a few eggs to make an omelette?  I mean, without him, would you have ever even had a childhood?
For me, the answer is’ no’, and the same goes with Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s. Â I want to hear his story. Â He was adopted AND he worked under Colonel Sanders!!
Verdictgo: Breast In Show
Founder is found at a theater near jews AND white nationalistsÂ
and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…
