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January 31, 2007

Devil's Playground by Lucy Walker

Last night we watched Devil's Playground which follows a few Amish kids during their Rumspringa which begins at 16 when they are allowed to live with the "English", aka the non-Amish and do all the things we do in the devil's playground in which we live. During that time they are supposed to get their sinning out of their systems and truly contemplate whether they are ready to join the Amish church and if so, make the lifelong commitment to living the Amish way. The main character is an insightful kid with a meth problem. Through his actions and questions we're able to see what some Amish kids battle and it's tough to say the least. This doc suffers the problem lots of docs do and perhaps so because of their nature but it doesn't satiate all your curiosities. It does successfully portray a harsh dichotomy though. As Jonah said, "I hate both these worlds!" and by that he meant the stifling Amish life and the drug-feuled, teenage life. Amidst all that it's plain and powerful to see how wonderfully community-minded the Amish culture is yet painfully clear how it's achieved at the expense of even the slightest individuality.

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