Primetime Exposes the Dark Side of True Crime
This week on WVIA Pop Shop, Allan Austin, Patrick Hamilton and Kara take on Primetime, the new film starring Robert Pattinson in a highly fictionalized retelling of the story behind NBC's To Catch a Predator.
The movie portrays Chris Hansen as a man driven by a complicated mixture of justice, ambition, celebrity and ratings—and uses the rise of his controversial television series to ask uncomfortable questions about the relationship between journalism and entertainment.
When crime becomes content, can the pursuit of justice remain the priority? What happens when public accountability becomes…
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