Filmmaker The Most Hated Family in America

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louis theroux (2009)


theroux traveled united kingdom kansas, united states meet members of westboro baptist church. theroux , bbc film crew spent 3 weeks in topeka, kansas, gathering information on 71 members of organisation. in article guardian, theroux noted, fascinating see power of family create own bizarre ideology , pass down through generations. in statement in age, theroux posited, maybe, through enthusiasm, people reveal more of may have intended. show laughing @ me, adrift in world, as @ them. western mail quoted theroux on how selects subject matter interests him, subjects m interested in quite extreme. re far beyond pale of normal human interaction re never going reality show on territory.


in interview bbc news, theroux stated phelpses extreme people has ever met. theroux gave opinion on teachings of fred phelps. theroux stated, think pastor not nice person. think s angry person s twisted bible , picked , chosen verses support anger, sort of justify anger, , s instilled in children , ve passed on children. although second , third generation , large quite nice people saw, still live under influence of gramps.


apart protests, theroux found them quite kind, , commented, shows strange avenues religious impulse can take down. think part of answer parts of christian bible pretty weird. there s lot of weird stuff in there , when take , add angry, domineering kind of father figure, gramps, , add has sort of separated them off other people, other families , driven them achieve lot, , kind of charismatic guy, , still point. verbal, persuasive, extremely compelling speaker. these things added combined make powerful influence.








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