Thursday, 28 June 2012

An intro to documentaries: Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux for the second time has gone to visit the Phelps family who were dubbed "America's most hated family" part of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas.

After many members of the church rapidly began to defect, Theroux ventured back to America to find out why this was happening. It seems that in the years Louis was away, the churches belief's became weirder and spiraling out of control.

The Church (WBC) have become more and more offensive, protesting outside the funerals of soldiers and "rejoicing" in news of someone with cancer. Throughout the documentary, Theroux spends time with Phelps family in order to understand their radical views.

In one scene, Theroux is asked to watch the younger female members dance parody to Lady Gaga's Telephone. Theroux describes that this is what the church does to get their message out changing the lyrics of the songs most popular at the time.