Louis Theroux documentaries

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Thank you for the explanation! Much appreciated
 
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Judy Dench one wasn't too bad although it didn't seem to cover much. Every topic was short and kind of swiftly moved on
 
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Don't get me wrong I used to love Louis theroux, but I've kind of gone off him, don't think he's as genuine as he makes out and imo he didn't come across well in his book (which was dull with a capital D!)

He's gone from interesting hard hitting docs about alcoholism and gun crime to following Rita Ora around?! Has the whole rap remix fame and having his face on t-shirts gone a bit to his head?
 
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I think he peaked during the Extreme Love and Twilight of the Porn Stars documentaries. Since then his documentaries have been quite hit and miss
 
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He’s very good friends with Adam Buxton
And has appeared on his podcast quite a few times. I’d definitely recommend listening to those episodes - they’re very funny together.
 
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I've been catching up with Louis' much older documentaries and really enjoy them.

In the Keith Harris episode, Keith said that Louis had a warped mind for wondering whether Keith ever put on the Orville voice during sex. I guess that makes two of us with warped minds!
 
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I think he peaked during the Extreme Love and Twilight of the Porn Stars documentaries. Since then his documentaries have been quite hit and miss
This. He picks subjects that are either meh or have been done better before by other people. The last good one he did was Drinking to Oblivion.

He seems to have a huge ego these days. Doesn’t come across as a great person in either of his books.
 
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I really enjoyed his podcast interviews during lockdown- often people I wasn’t interested in but they were really engaging. This series feels like the TV version of that but I don’t think it works as well as the podcasts.
 
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I have never liked Yungblud and his music but I did find that episode interesting. His music is still 'noise' to me now but I can appreciate how he helps his fanbase.

Is it the Rita Ora episode next? If Louis isn't going to probe her about her, ahem, reputation within the music industry then don't bother.
 
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They've all been quite light so far, doesn't seem to press them on anything.
 
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Didn't mind the Bear one - felt a bit more like his older documentaries. At least they were out doing stuff with this one
 
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This. He picks subjects that are either meh or have been done better before by other people. The last good one he did was Drinking to Oblivion.

He seems to have a huge ego these days. Doesn’t come across as a great person in either of his books.
The episodes that he filmed at home during the lockdown were kinda boring but what stood out to me was how standoffish he was around his kids, like they were total strangers. It made me dislike him. I haven't watched his stuff since.
 
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That was a dull final interview, less 'Louis Theroux interviews Rita Ora' and more 'Louis Theroux sits in awe as Rita Ora tells him how great she is'.
 
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I haven't watched any of these celebrity ones. I literally couldn't give a shit about anything any of them have to say
Louis sucking up around them is very disappointing.
 
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That was a dull final interview, less 'Louis Theroux interviews Rita Ora' and more 'Louis Theroux sits in awe as Rita Ora tells him how great she is'.
Just watching it now. Her ego is unreal, and he is stroking it massively. Disappointing from Louis, usually love him.
 
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That was a dull final interview, less 'Louis Theroux interviews Rita Ora' and more 'Louis Theroux sits in awe as Rita Ora tells him how great she is'.
Only saw the end, but I'm confused. Rita's mum is a doctor, she attended Sylvia Young's and they have video camera footage of them growing up (video cameras were not cheap in the early 90s!) And we're being fed she had a poverty stricken upbringing?!
Louis, who have you upset in the industry to agree to do such garbage TV?
 
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