Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
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Law and Disorder in Philadelphia (also titled Killadelphia) is a 2008 British documentary by Louis Theroux.{{cite news|title= Wallander; Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia|work= The Daily Telegraph|date=29 November 2008|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3563806/Louis-Theroux-Law-and-Disorder-in-Philadelphia.html|accessdate=11 October 2010|location=London|first=Alice|last=Klein}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinefacts.de/dvd/63379/louis-theroux-killadelphia-dvd.html|title=Louis Theroux: Law & Disorder}}
Theroux investigates the high crime rates in one of the United States' largest cities, Philadelphia, mainly from the perspective of the local police as well as people affected by, and possibly involved in, crime in the city's low-income neighborhoods.
Reception
The programme was met with a mixed response. The Independent said "It was a fascinating film, though, in part because of the utter dereliction of this particular patch of the inner city, but also because it confirmed that The Wire had, if anything, understated its portrait of civil breakdown."{{cite news|title= Wallander; Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia|work= The Independent|date=1 December 2008|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-weekends-television-wallander-sun-bbc1brlouis-theroux-law-and-disorder-in-philadelphia-sun-bbc1brbrafter-rome-holy-war-and-conquest-sat-bbc2br-1042382.html|accessdate=11 October 2010|location=London|first=Tom|last=Sutcliffe}}
The Times described it as "It was a depressing tour streaked with black humour but Theroux seemed out of depth analysing what he saw. He is at his best getting to know and under the skin of his subjects."{{cite news|title= Wallander; Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia|work= The Times|url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5253386.ece|accessdate=11 October 2010|location=London|first1=Charles|last1=Bremner|first2=David|last2=Robertson}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
See also
References
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Category:Louis Theroux's BBC Two specials
Category:BBC television documentaries
Category:2008 television specials
Category:Documentary films about Philadelphia
Category:Crime in Philadelphia
Category:Fictional portrayals of the Philadelphia Police Department