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A brilliant new documentary puts "To Catch a Predator" under the microscope

David Osit's Predators examines not just the show but the culture that produced it, Emily St. James writes.
Journalist Chris Hansen, in a suit, sits down for a talking-head interview in a completely beige studio space.
By the time Chris Hansen sits down with the team from Predators, the film has thoroughly prepared you to examine the legacy of the journalist and his famous show, "To Catch a Predator." (Credit: MTV Films)

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