http://davidmchristopher.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/cuddly-cutting-edge/ News, views and cultural reviews Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:56:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://davidmchristopher.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/cuddly-cutting-edge/#comment-14 nlgreen Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:28:37 +0000 http://davidmchristopher.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-14 I actually saw this documentary, and although it didn't press the issue far enough to make an example of these people and their beliefs overtly I still felt as though this was made with the aim of saying 'oh, look what those crazy yanks are doing again'. That said, I was also left feeling slightly disconcerted by the whole concept of 'The Virgin Daughters'. The children constantly looked to their father/mother to finish their sentences, especially about their beliefs; and there was a striking number of children voicing their opinions with the prefix 'we think', rather than 'I'. As I said, it left a rather nasty taste in my mouth and there wasn't just a sprinkling of 'freak show'-esque promotion forthe programme in general. I actually saw this documentary, and although it didn’t press the issue far enough to make an example of these people and their beliefs overtly I still felt as though this was made with the aim of saying ‘oh, look what those crazy yanks are doing again’.
That said, I was also left feeling slightly disconcerted by the whole concept of ‘The Virgin Daughters’. The children constantly looked to their father/mother to finish their sentences, especially about their beliefs; and there was a striking number of children voicing their opinions with the prefix ‘we think’, rather than ‘I’.
As I said, it left a rather nasty taste in my mouth and there wasn’t just a sprinkling of ‘freak show’-esque promotion forthe programme in general.

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