When you think “ Amish ” chances are your mind run to somewhere closer to “ neat - tied ” than to “ political party animal . ” The enchanting 2002 docudrama Devil ’s Playground exhibit that the two are n’t reciprocal exclusive , and they can both apply to Amish teenagers .
The documentary centerfield around a period called “ Rumspringa ” which broadly refers to adolescence , and is the clip during which Amish tiddler have to make the decision of whether or not to last out with the church . The subjects of Devil ’s Playground use this period to go varying degrees of wild , from dress “ English ” to extreme subject like getting involve with meth .
It ’s worth mention that the variety of extreme experiment and flakiness draw in Devil ’s Playground is n’t always the norm ; dissimilar sectshandle this decision period with varying layer of strictness . That aside , the documentary depicts some specially demented rides . Even apart from all the craziness , it ’s a captivating ticker and give you think about how you might respond to have such a weighty choice placed on your shoulders . you may catch it over on Hulu . [ Hulu ]
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