“Predators,” the new documentary about the TV news program “To Catch a Predator,” comes across as painfully, almost uncomfortably conflicted in the view of its subject. Yet those NBC specials that ...
A new documentary delving into the cultural phenomenon of NBC’s To Catch a Predator, which debuted in the early 2000s and featured host Chris Hansen, will follow the “rise and staggering fall of the ...
The setup was always the same: An adult male would visit the home of a minor they had been communicating with online, and while they were expecting some sort of sexual encounter, they would instead be ...
Warning: The following post contains discussions of suicide. From 2004 to 2007, To Catch a Predator aired on NBC as part of a Dateline program. The series featured hidden cameras capturing adult men ...
Documentary filmmaker David Osit was going down an internet rabbit hole in the late 2010s when he stumbled upon a primitive, yet quickly addictive, message board. Sporting the archaic look of a Web ...
As the opening credits roll in the new documentary “Predators,” a young girl speaks with a much older man on the phone. In a tiny, high-pitched voice, she says she’s nervous about talking to him; the ...
It took just 20 episodes for the Dateline NBC program “To Catch a Predator” to leave a mark on the culture. A sting-operation-meets-hidden-camera-prank, the show had a riveting hook: Men engaging in ...
“My life may be crappy, but at least I’m not on TV.” That’s one explanation for the mass appeal of “To Catch a Predator” put forth by a subject in “Predators,” a new documentary about the mid-aughts ...
You’re reading Critic’s Notebook, our weekend column looking at the most interesting moments in the cultural Zeitgeist. In David Osit’s new documentary, “Predators,” the director includes a short clip ...
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