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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Richard Roeper

‘Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey’: Engrossing series on Warren Jeffs cult plays out like a horror movie

In a photo from “Keep Sweet,” girls perform at an event of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints, a cult so controlling, it dictated how members should dress and wear their hair. (Netflix)

We see vaguely disturbing, home movie-type footage of young women and girls in color-coordinated pastel outfits, parading about in some type of pageant or ritual, and we hear a woman say, “When I was 14 years old, they forced me to marry my cousin. … I was told, ‘If you’re questioning me, you’re questioning God.’ ” Another woman says, “You’re going up against a lifetime of conditioning, a lifetime of fear.”

Cue the haunting title theme, “Feel More” by Michelle Gurevich:

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