Some are purported to be paid actors while others are extras. Here is the plot line around Lantz's visit to Pinecraft, according to examiner. A man came to Levi for money because he has a sick wife. Levi gave him the money, then he went to Florida and left his sick wife at home. Alvin was sent to bring him back, and Levi wants his money back and will see to it that he takes care of his wife. Many young people go there during the winter months to party and act like anything but Amish, but many elderly go there too, rather than face the bad northern winters.
Lantz was pulled over by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office just before 1 a. When a sheriff's deputy pursued the car, Lantz's car reached between 70 and 80 mph in a 45 mph zone, according to the affidavit. Lantz was pulled over in the block of northbound U. Lantz failed the gaze test and walk and turn test in the field sobriety test, but was able to successfully complete a one-leg stand, according to the affidavit.
While at Sarasota County Jail for a Breathalyzer test, Lantz spontaneously told the deputy that "he was a television star and would be starring in an upcoming television show in [sic] the Discovery Channel called 'Amish Mafia,'" according to the affidavit. The first episode of "Amish Mafia" didn't air until Dec. Sunday's episode, where Lantz was arrested, was the start of season two as part of a two-hour special.
It's free! Sign up. Looking for a different adventure? Please note Use of geocaching. Caches are placed along the Bypass. This series is based on the TV series on the Discovery Channel. Lebanon Levi: "Lebanon" is a nickname, and "Levi" is his first name.
Within the show, his surname has not been disclosed, and is censored whenever mentioned. His legal name is Levi King Stoltzfus and he has been arrested multiple times for drunk driving. There have also been accusations of the series being bigoted toward and defaming the Amish people.
The series follows members of the "Amish Mafia" in their efforts to keep the peace within the Amish community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and protect it from outsiders usually referred to as the "English" , as they deal with internal struggles for power as to who will lead the Mafia.
The veracity of the events depicted on the series has been widely questioned, with The New York Times noting that "An early credit warns of 'select re-enactments', and since we're never later told whether we're watching staged scenes, it's fairly safe to assume that everything is staged.
The series has been strongly criticized by scholars of the Amish. Donald Kraybill , an Elizabethtown College professor and prominent researcher of and author about the Anabaptist lifestyle, commented about Levi allegedly being an unbaptized Amish: "Baptism is essential in the Amish faith: Either you're in or you're out. Such criticisms include: "To call these shows documentaries is a fraudulent lie," and "[the show] is just sort of an example of the foolishness and stupidity and lies—misrepresentations I should say—that are promoted [about the Amish] in television These production crews should be ashamed of trying to say that represents Amish life.
These views are echoed by Donald Weaver-Zercher, Messiah College Professor and authority on the Amish, who stated that upon initially seeing the trailer for the show, "I thought maybe it was a Saturday Night Live skit on reality television because it was so far fetched". Jeffrey Conrad, a former prosecutor in Lancaster County, stated that his office was not aware of an "Amish mafia", and if there were they would have been prosecuted. Several factual errors have been highlighted by local press: during one episode the narrator states that Lebanon Levi was arrested by the Lancaster County Police, which does not exist.
There is a Lancaster City Bureau of Police, but no county-wide force. The owners of one store portrayed as paying protection money to Lebanon Levi have denied having any relationship with him. A scene purported to be shot in the "heart" of Amish country — south-central Lancaster County — turned out to have been shot in a riverside park in Columbia on the county's western edge. The series has been controversial both locally and in national media as a result of its alleged bigoted and inaccurate portrayal of the Amish.
Churches and Lancaster County residents have banded together in opposing the show. Additionally, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett called for the show's cancellation and said it was "bigoted" and "an affront to all people of faith and all secular people with moral principles".
0コメント