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domino harvey
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Through his many fascinating and compelling documentaries, Louis Theroux has made the off-beat, the unsavoury and the less-visited aspects of life his own domain. Through his unique intimate, un-confrontational interviewing style, Louis is able to present intense and surprisingly revealing portraits of the most disparate of subjects.

'Louis and Gambling'
Louis heads for Vegas to reveals the world behind the myths of casino culture – the slot slaves, high rollers and casino men who keep this town in the middle of the desert green with money.

'Louis and the Most Hated Family in America'
Louis gets to know the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas – whose members are nearly all from one family and are infamous for picketing funerals for fallen soldiers...

'Louis Under the Knife'
In California, where you can be whatever and whomever you want at the flick of knife and a few thousand dollars, Louis attempts to get under the skin of extreme plastic surgery.

'Louis Behind Bars'
Louis goes inside California’s San Quentin – one of America's most notorious prisons – to meet serial murderers, gang members, at risk inmates and guards.

'Louis’ African Hunting Holiday'
Louis Theroux journeys to Limpopo Province in South Africa to join the holidaymakers who flock there to hunt big game.

Comes out October 06! Can. Not. Wait.
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mfunk9786
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domino harvey wrote:
Comes out October 06! Can. Not. Wait.

Never heard of this show, but it sounds pretty amazing. I'll definitely be checking this out.
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domino harvey
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mfunk9786 wrote:
domino harvey wrote:
Comes out October 06! Can. Not. Wait.

Never heard of this show, but it sounds pretty amazing. I'll definitely be checking this out.

You should pick up this set immediately while you wait for October
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Oh, if I had the money, I would be way ahead of you.
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mfunk9786
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A new Louis Theroux collection will be released in the UK on September 14th, containing these 4 documentaries over 2 discs:

Law and Disorder in Johannesburg:
Louis Theroux travels to Johannesburg, where the residents find themselves increasingly besieged by crime as he looks at the issue of law and disorder.

Law and Disorder in Philadelphia:
Louis joins Philadelphia's police department, patrolling an area that has over 400 homicides a year, drug dealers on every corner and where carrying a gun is part of everyday life. But during his time spent with the local cops, he sees a complex picture evolve.

A Place for Paedophiles:
Louis visits the Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, which houses more than 500 convicted paedophiles. Spending time with those undergoing treatment, Louis wrestles with whether he can ever allow himself to believe men whose whole history is defined by deception and deceit.

City Addicted to Crystal Meth:
A show about Crystal Meth and the effect it has on those that take it and the communities it’s taken in.

If the exchange rates weren't so abysmal I'd already have this pre-ordered. I've only seen the Law and Disorder in Philadelphia special so far, but these all sound facinating, particularly the Mental Hospital one - Louis is always at his best when confronting people who are not just criminals or 'bad' people, but are over-the-top, unforgivably terrible.


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domino harvey
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AWESOME, more Louis Theroux is always welcome. These sets must be selling extremely well for them to jump the gun on a third. Wish they'd include the rest of the Weird Weekends episodes though...
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mfunk9786
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I'm guessing that we'll see a new 3-4 doc set every fall.
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That 'City Addicted To Crystal Meth' (Fresno apparently) episode is so new it is actually getting its first BBC showing this coming Sunday! (It is difficult to miss the trailers for it at the moment)
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In related news, Louis also has a second book coming out in both the UK and USA at the beginning of next year. It's hilariously titled May Contain Traces of Nuts.
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New Louis Theroux set, The Odd, the Bad, and the Godly out August 15th
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domino harvey
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New Louis Theroux set, The Odd, the Bad, and the Godly out August 15th

Just got this-- seeing Louis Theroux in straight-up suburbia dealing with medicated kids is already making this yet another killer set. Why do we not have a Louis Theroux thread?
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knives
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Who's Louis Theroux? Google suggests less famous Baron-Cohen.
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domino harvey
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Clear out an hour and a half of your life for this and then welcome aboard
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knives
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Less than two minutes into that and my jaw's already dropped. Holy hell how did I not see this before.
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domino harvey wrote:
mfunk9786 wrote:
New Louis Theroux set, The Odd, the Bad, and the Godly out August 15th

Just got this-- seeing Louis Theroux in straight-up suburbia dealing with medicated kids is already making this yet another killer set. Why do we not have a Louis Theroux thread?

I can't stand the guy: he seems to believe he gets an instantaneous psychological insight into all of his subjects, which immediately begs the question why isn't he a psychologist
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knives
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Admittedly I've only seen one of his films, but how is supposing that a person's racist father may be the reason a woman is racist to give just one example such a far leap that it deserves the psychologist dismissal?
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Mr Sausage
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Yojimbo wrote:
domino harvey wrote:
mfunk9786 wrote:
New Louis Theroux set, The Odd, the Bad, and the Godly out August 15th

Just got this-- seeing Louis Theroux in straight-up suburbia dealing with medicated kids is already making this yet another killer set. Why do we not have a Louis Theroux thread?

I can't stand the guy: he seems to believe he gets an instantaneous psychological insight into all of his subjects, which immediately begs the question why isn't he a psychologist

So only psychologists have insight into the behaviour of other humans?
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Yojimbo
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So only psychologists have insight into the behaviour of other humans?

No, but he's especially annoying because he does it so often
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Mr Sausage
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So only psychologists have insight into the behaviour of other humans?

No, but he's especially annoying because he does it so often

Does what so often?
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domino harvey
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Theroux is widely renowned for presenting and interacting with a variety of fascinating individuals, made all the more fascinating by his interactions. He is very perceptive in his ability to read people, and his pleasant genial British manner lulls people into dropping their guard a bit, which only helps his observations-- I don't think this is a symptomatic of Theroux playing Armchair Psychologist as much as that he's been doing this sort of thing for almost twenty years now, and he's simply very good at it
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colinr0380
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I see Theroux as the polar opposite to Nick Broomfield - both are using a somewhat naive "I'm just watching" persona but while Broomfield confronts or makes it his business to get in the way Theroux often just observes patiently, maybe making an obvious comment that lulls their subject into a false sense of security (usually by thinking Theroux might be somewhat slow, which is entirely the wrong thing to do) until his subjects crack. I'm still mourning the Michael Jackson interview that never was, with Jacko instead going with Martin Bashir (aka the guy who interviewed Princess Di) - he would have been a perfect subject for Theroux and it would certainly have made for a more interesting programme than just sitting around with Uri Geller and watching the baby-dangling incident from afar did.

His newest programme, America's Most Dangerous Pets is showing this weekend on the BBC.


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I wonder if he'll ever be brave enough to tackle Scientology head-on.
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knives
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I don't think anyone sane would. Even the South Park guys had their trash sifted through after their teasing.
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domino harvey
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I'd put this in the Louis Theroux thread, but for some reason we still don't have such a thing. If you ever wondered what happened to Lamb and Lynx from Prussian Blue, famously immortalized in Theroux's Louis and the Nazis, wonder no more: They've allegedly mellowed out thanks to pot!
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Quickly off-topic, his recent Twilight of the Porn Stars is pretty phenomenal. Expected it to be minor Louis, but he ended up finding some amazing interview subjects.
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