Welcome to the stereotypical world! We used to be judgmental for everything based on our ideology, but sometimes we can't see them clearly, because we lack the background and relative knowledge. The minority sphere's existing condition is worse. Most of us only hold an overall opinion about the dugs, strippers or homosexuality, We think that some of them are really notorious and some are so shameful. But Lisa Ling gave us a more specific perspective and a bigger universe to look at them.

She investigates the industries town which cram of bachelors and how the females survive, She adventured to Peru's forest to find out why there have dugs dealing booming for the western customers, She went to the west word of American to attend the gay rodeo. This series of the documentary focuses on social problems such as streetwalker, stripper, sugar daddy&bebe dating app, the priest under the sexual abuse scandal, the genius sperm repository, etc. Lisa is an excellent journalist who is very astute to pick up fringe topics but gave an absolutely new perspective and didn't give a conclusion to the audiences. She gives a privilege of concern to the people who are overlooked for a long time.

Every episode Lisa chooses three to four interviewers to tell their stories that make the whole picture more unbias and objectively. You will never know the American veterans who have largely had the PTSD syndrome and some of them living desperately every day, this guys went to Peru's forest to beg the ayahuasca for their struggle relief. You maybe don't believe the young black lady fell in love with an old entrepreneur through the dating app but they haven't had a sexual relationship from the beginning but maintain a pure utopian intimacy. You would be shooked by the guy who is just a roof repairer but he is also the "invention" from the genius repository. Some gay cowboy is truly themself in the rodeo but will be in the closet when they back to the workplace or daily life and camouflaged like a "normal" guy will touch your heart. The young guys who learn hard in the church school dream of becoming a holy priest even the whole cathedral world are overcast by the children abuse scandals will give you a vivid example to the faith power. And all of them are under the investigation of Lisa's team.

Lisa is a sensitive journalist who always touched and fill with compassion when she talked with the interviewers. But she's posture as an outsider and has the extremely sober and calm make the narrative objectively. She didn't give any answers about the social phenominone in the series but give the judgment rode to us. Everything has their dilemma and nothing could be only one side appraisal. If you aren't in the scenario and context you will never know the complexity, the ignorance will feed the arrogance and stereotype. So it's important to glean more information before concluded a result.

The world's diversity let us live tough but also have great space to learn more and experience others' life. Happiness and get rid of solitude are our ultimate goal, so embracing the people who are different from us and respect for them even though their's backgrounds look undecent, maybe it's not their fault. The society is a furnace, what makes us colorful is the stories by every individual and what we want to know is learn how to see the world incisively and unbiased.



丽萨林的新闻调查 第一季This Is Life with Lisa Ling(2014)

主演:Lisa Ling

导演:编剧:Lisa Ling

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