Link to Louis Theroux: Law and disorder in Philadelphia documentary
Documentary Description
Louis Theroux: Law and
Disorder in Philadelphia Louis Theroux joins the Philadelphia Police
Department patrolling the most dangerous part of one of the most
violent cities in America. from the Telegraph review: “Making a film in
one of America’s most crime-ridden cities might sound a daunting task,
but Louis Theroux seems to relish the challenge in his latest
documentary on BBC2 this week, Law and Disorder in Philadelphia. “The
endearingly weedy Theroux is seen bounding in and out of police cars,
thrust into the frontline of rapid response teams. ‘My first thought
was, “If I get killed it’s not because I’m going to get shot or mugged,
it’s because I’m going to die in a car accident”,’ he says. ‘The cops
are unbelievable because they’re breaking all the red lights, going
down one-way streets the wrong way, going down the middle of the road
in heavy traffic, and dodging other cars.’ “The new documentary is
certainly his riskiest assignment yet. The BBC’s safety guidelines
meant he had to wear a bulletproof vest so thick he was unable to do up
his seatbelt. “But you can’t blame the production team for being
cautious when you consider that there are an estimated 400 homicides a
year in Philadelphia, more than 10,000 aggravated assaults and almost
40,000 thefts. “On the other hand, you might say Theroux’s style is
sometimes dangerous, because it could easily backfire. In an
innocent-seeming, almost boyish way he asks the blunt questions that
other journalists might want to ask but don’t have the nerve. Critics
have accused him of faking naïvety, in order to lull his subjects into
a false sense of security. But he says there’s nothing cynical in his
approach. ‘I just believe in taking people at their word and I’m
inclined to trust people,’ he says. ‘Maybe I’m a bit naïve or overly
trusting because when somebody lies to me I’m shocked. But I think it’s
good manners to take people at their word.’ “Indeed, as Law and
Disorder in Philadelphia shows, Theroux’s trusting interview style
actually helps him elicit more information from hostile criminals than
his all-action, macho peers such as Ross Kemp and Donal MacIntyre. The
new film may not be as quirky as the ones that made him famous, but
Theroux has again succeeded in exposing his audience to an alien world.”
----STILL MORE Tavistock Institute/BBC demoralization ops from
BEEB 'lifer' Louis Theroux.
Meanwhile the 'Big Boys' of Globalism and EUGENICS, the 'men behind
the curtains' of the wholly set up 'sex and dope culture' ---remain just
that ---behind the curtains.
Theroux's a capstone COP-OUT. -------ENJOY -------------BUT BEWARE.
----STILL MORE Tavistock Institute/BBC demoralization ops from
BEEB 'lifer' Louis Theroux.
Meanwhile the 'Big Boys' of Globalism and EUGENICS, the 'men behind
the curtains' of the wholly set up 'sex and dope culture' ---remain just
that ---behind the curtains.
Theroux's a capstone COP-OUT. -------ENJOY -------------BUT BEWARE.