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Law and Disorder in Philadelphia and Johannesburg
Theroux seems to enjoy the challenge of his documentary on BBC2, Law and Disorder in Philadelphia. The weed is affectionately Theroux jumping in and out of police cars, drive on the first line of rapid response teams. “My first thought was, If they kill me, not because I’m going to get shot or assaulted, it’s because I’m going to die in a car accident,” he says. “The police are amazing because they are breaking all the red lights, down one-way streets in the opposite direction, going by the middle of the road with heavy traffic, and dodging other cars.”
The film is definitely the riskiest mission yet. BBC guidelines meant that security had to wear a bulletproof vest so thick he could not do his seat belt. But you can not blame the production team to be cautious when considering that there are an estimated 400 murders a year in Philadelphia, more than 10. 000 aggravated assaults and robberies almost 40,000.
On the other hand, one could say Theroux style is sometimes dangerous because it could backfire. In a seemingly innocent, childlike way that makes compelling questions that other journalists might want to ask, but do not have the nerve. Critics have accused him of feigning innocence in order to appease his subjects into a false sense of security. But he says there is nothing cynical in his approach.
“I just believe in taking people at their word and I tend to trust people,” he says. “Maybe I’m a bit naive or too confident, because when someone lies to me I’m surprised. But I think it polite to take people at their word. “Indeed, as Law and Disorder in Philadelphia shows the confidence Theroux interview style really helps you get more information from hostile criminals its all-action, macho peers as Ross Kemp and Donal MacIntyre.’s New film may not be as extravagant as that made him famous, but has again achieved Theroux expose his audience to a strange world.
Law and Disorder in Philadelphia and Johannesburg,
Yeah apartheid was awesome you dumb cunt.
5:23 you okay? lol
the fuck is going on there
Louis Theroux
How are they being “exploited for entertainment”? He’s drawing attention to this serious problem. Nothing he’s doing is exploitative. You sound like an internet tough guy so I imagine this is all zooming over your head at speeds approaching the sound barrier, but if you really feel the need to reply try to come up with one actual argument for how Louis’ documentaries are exploitative. Go on. You’re thinking I’m wrong right now, so prove it.
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Safe for whom? how many school children did you kill during the uprising btw>? and why was there an uprising in the first place? you keep the people in ignorance what d you expect would happens, when has denying education to any group of people ever worked out for any society?
Are you trying to tell me South Africa was a British colony until 1994, when apartheid was ended and the ANC came to power? Britain had been pressuring South Africa to end apartheid for years before then.South Africa left the Commonwealth in 1961, gaining full independence. Mandela was arrested in 1962.Don’t embarrass yourself by calling people ‘retard’ when you don’t know anything yourself.
HAHA. Actually, the British government, which was occupying South Africa during the time of apartheid, jailed Nelson Mandela for 27 years. After being released, he became the president of South Africa, since the British mostly decolonized, and because the majority of the non-white population voted for him with their ‘new’ free election system. Learn some history retard.
You’re both right in a way. Immigrants DO tend to be hard workers, generally. The reason so many immigrants come to Britain to work is because it’s easy to get in and they can earn more money being a farm worker than they could being a teacher in their home countries, and send money back to their families as remittances. Also, they can get British benefits for their children if they’re from an EU country. You can’t blame them really.
Hold up!!! Like every single country in the world South Africa has its bad side of which Louis is documenting on, as a South African I agree this is as bad as it gets BUT let us not judge a country by its mishaps. South Africa is actually a BEAUTIFUL country!!!
I believe asks “stupid” questions because he’s trying to get facts. Most people wouldn’t ask them because we ASSUME we know what’s going on. We may be right most of the time but Theroux’s job as a reporter is not to assume he knows what’s going on but to ask people basic questions that sound “stupid” to find out for certain.
well it’s an indication that you’re point of view, context, background etc determine a lot. they didn’t check actual work results, they only questioned the employers position on the matter. the difference i believe between local en immigrants unemployed is that immigrants are more desparate, want to stay here so they proof their worth, they don’t know their rights as good as locals and even so the though jobs like the fruit sector here is a lot more paid then in their homeland
it’s a much a generalisation as your previous comment. and to combat you’re criticism they did a studie in Belgium asking the agricultural, fruit sector who they hire and it turned out they all hired immigrants because locals just didn’t work as hard in their opinion.
as a matter of fact immigrants are far better workers and more motivated to work because they want their children to achieve more then they did or to send money to relatives back home. to live on the generocity of others is considered shamefull in many cultures.
The whites are too soft. Let China take over the running of South Africa. A one child policy will be enforced, all criminals will be executed so no more of this repeat offender nonsense, the people will be given jobs by building schools, roads, bridges, hydro plants, farms, repairing all infrastructure. Police, firemen and paramedics will be put in place.
@26wordy As much as I would have disagreed with your viewpoint before watching this video, I find myself wondering how much anger and frustration I would feel if I had to deal with this kind of lawlessness day in, day out. Living in a safe bubble affords us the opportunity to view such situations with a ‘humane’ point of view. I feel that it’s a bit different for these folks. Even though I strongly disagree with kicking someone while they’re down, I understand where the anger is coming from.
@JJsmallz They’re nothing more than thugs and amateurs.That’s right Bad Boys … You’re nothing more than amateurish thugs feigning police officers and bringing nothing more than additional injustice.You can lie to yourselves, but you haven’t fooled us.You have a 2 ltr Coke bottle full of water at the ready….In this instance I’m guessing it’s because you amateurs frequently pepper spray each other.I’m tempted to say noobs….
go live there then criticize their methods.the police are failing.If the police failed in the UK or US the same kind of firms would spring up. hell I’d start my own.Criminals dont respect the law, it’s hard not to respect a good kicking.
Most of the world is just like this. I personally think the whole world should have one law enforcement agency that won’t just kick criminals in the head and let them go. unfortunately to do this it costs a lot of money.
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