That at least in the case of the IBLP, the intention is to infiltrate as much of American life as possible. While some might see Christian Fundamentalism as harmless to the people not involved, it’s clear from this documentary that this isn’t the case. It shined a light on something that most of us are not paying attention to.
That is what Shiny Happy People did well.īut it did something more than that. When the people who were hurt, or who lost loved ones get an honest and supportive platform to tell their stories. True crime is at its best when it’s telling the stories of survivors. It can hurt people, like in the story of Elisa Lam. Sometimes it feels like sensationalism and voyeurism had a horrific malignant baby and that is true crime content. While I’m a fan of true crime, I often struggle with it. I suspect, though this is my own opinion, that this is part of why we’re seeing so many attacks on LGBTQ+ and women’s rights. Some of these Joshua Generation kids have already started to gain power. The plan is to shape laws to the will of the IBLP’s agenda. According to the documentary, the intention is for the quiverful families to put their children in politics, the police, the military, and places of power in our society. Worst of all, Shiny Happy People tells of a plan set in motion by the IBLP called the Joshua Generation. And how he is allegedly a far worse monster. About how his family should have stepped in and gotten him help then and didn’t.Ībout how he was almost certainly going to hurt someone again.īut we also hear the story of Bill Gothard, the founder of IBLP. We hear, probably more than we wanted to, about how he abused his sisters as a teenager. The crimes were that of Josh Duggar, who was convicted and sent to jail for having videos he shouldn’t have had. Mostly, Shiny Happy People is a cult documentary. We heard from several people who were brought up in quiverful and IBLP families who alleged all sorts of abuse. Through the course of the documentary, we heard from members of the Duggar family who were victimized and escaped. They did everything they could to shield their children from the secular world to the point that when TLC sent them to Disney, they didn’t know the characters they were meeting.Īnd, not surprisingly, they had a massive sexual assault scandal. They were a patriarchal family, with everyone deferring to Jim Bob Duggar. I think we are all a bit Captain Howdy in some aspect.Īccording to Shiny Happy People, the Duggers were perfect examples of an IBLP family.
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Did Snider go a bit too far in insane isolation? Give the movie a whirl and find out. (For the record: If you are on his show enough to have your GPS listing the target house as a ‘favourite’ then you might want to rethink your life choices.) It taps into those fears and gives us a bit of a ‘look at me!’ type venture.Ĭan you identify with Snider’s character of Captain Howdy? Isn’t that the sign of a good writer? No matter how much of a monster the villain is, there is something identifiable about the man. The movie feeds in on our fears of the online creepoid stalking the net waiting to meet either a young girl/boy or Chris Hansen. Snider writes this film which is part creepfest and part warning of a pre-dawn internet free for all. This movie made me see Dee Snider in a different way. I remember seeing Twisted Sister live with Sebastian Bach before and stuff like that sticks with you (in a good or bad way). What brought me to the movie was Dee Snider. I think I had to rob a RedBox to watch it. ‘Stay away from Captain Howdy.’ That is the lyric, isn’t it? I saw Strangeland a few years ago.
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