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Thursday 28 June 2012

Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux visits the WBC for the first time after four years, during this visit he analyses the change of the people he documented the last time he visited. He concentrated on their strong beliefs about God and homosexuality. A particular family that he visited had lost a family member who disagreed with their beliefs and went her own way. Throughout the documentary Theroux tries to discover why these different families believe what they do, and why they feel so strongly. In the documentary, we follow Louis Theroux who tries to discover why the followers strongly believe that what they are doing is right. 8 minutes into the video Louis visits a family who shows him a video of them mocking jews, and making a complete joke out of them. With the same family Louis speaks to the father about how he feels about his daughter leaving the family, Louis apologies about them loosing a family member, during this interview the father questions Louis and asks 'why are you sorry.' Which gives off the impression that he isn't effected about his daughters absence, this is a clear example of how his beliefs takes over his family values. As Louis walks around the house he notices that all the daughters pictures have been taken down. His wife later states how they no longer talk to their parents because they see their parents as rebellious. At 20minutes we see a family singing a cover of one of Lady Gaga's popular songs, doing this may have an influence on others, since the song is well known.