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In 2006, To Catch A Predator host Chris Hansen set out to make television history.
That serves as the inspiration for Lance Oppenheim’s buzzy and critically-acclaimed feature film debut, Primetime.
It is a fictionalized look at the man who revolutionized true crime reality TV, starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo and Phoebe Bridgers.
Today on Commotion, culture critics Jackson Weaver, Sarah-Tai Black and Roxana Hadadi join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to review the latest A24 film getting audience’s attention, and how it’s making us rethink the legacy of To Catch A Predator.
WATCH | Today’s episode on YouTube:
You can listen to the full discussion from today’s show, including a review of John Wilson’s film The History of Concrete, on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.
Panel produced by Ty Callender.
