Louis Theroux

[The Infamous Scamola]

So, not to long ago I stumbled on to one of his documentaries while on youtube, and I gotta say, they're both very entertaining and interesting.

Does anybody else know this guy?

 

[BlueMartian]

yeah, i saw his documentary on the nazi's (skinheads) still active in america. he shat himself when they found out he was jewish

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

yeah, i saw his documentary on the nazi's (skinheads) still active in america. he shat himself when they found out he was jewish

I don't think that's really what happened. He's not jewish, but he purposely decided to not tell the guy whether or not he was, to make him feel uneasy and to see his reaction.

 

[MegatonDesign]

that man is a genius! He did a documentary on the most hated family in america (west borough baptist church), and it was incredible, definately worth watching.

 

[mikecoulter]

Yeah, I've seen him, I think he's brilliant The episode where he goes to interview devote Christians is hilarious.

The prison one was a bit strange. 0_o

 

[Desaari]

Yeah I see his show somewhere on freeview sometimes; E4 I think?

 

[Galletea]

He does seem to go into places to see the reactions of some very odd people. Can't say everything he does seems safe, but it's interesting, even hilarious.

 

[Arrers]

that man is a genius! He did a documentary on the most hated family in america (west borough baptist church), and it was incredible, definately worth watching.

I saw that one too. it was Interesting.

 

[MegatonDesign]

that man is a genius! He did a documentary on the most hated family in america (west borough baptist church), and it was incredible, definately worth watching.

I saw that one too. it was Interesting.

Yeah. All his documentaries are brilliant IMO. really gets to the heart of the issue

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

He's very good although he has a habit of asking some pretty obvious questions.

 

[Mr Fatherland]

My favourites been the hunting one he did last year. There are some really scary South Africans.

 

[iain62a]

He's pretty interesting.

 

[Logan Westbrook]

The act that he puts on, that of a bumbling, naive Englishman, is surprisingly effective at getting people to open up. His choice of topics tends to be fascinating as well.

 

[Biek]

I remember seeing some of his documentaries. The one with the nazis in america was really interesting. Unfortunately I still went to school when it was on and when it was it was late at night so I coulsnt watch it most of the time.

 

[RetiarySword]

Yea he done one about black people in new york and how they hate white people or something. Pretty cool.

 

[The Hitman]

His series on gangs recently was great! Also on Dave they keep showing some of his old documentaries, his work on trying to see what it takes to pursue certain careers were hilarious. These careers included ProWreslter, Rapper and Extreme Bodybuilding. Genius

 

[Sneaklemming]

Ive seen his documentaries on Channel 4 in the UK. Very good.

 

[r4ndom]

Great documentary maker.

His facade of "bumbling englishman" allows him to really cut to the quick of his subjects, as they tend to not really view him as a competent broadcaster.

His two part special on crime (filmed with Philadelphia's drug force, and in South Africa) was really excellent. It's shocking to see.

 

[davidboring]

The act that he puts on, that of a bumbling, naive Englishman, is surprisingly effective at getting people to open up. His choice of topics tends to be fascinating as well.

Bang. Right on the nose.

He's talented at what he does, no doubt.

 

[Cowabungaa]

The act that he puts on, that of a bumbling, naive Englishman, is surprisingly effective at getting people to open up. His choice of topics tends to be fascinating as well.

Bang. Right on the nose.

He's talented at what he does, no doubt.

Indeed, that's an amazing journalistic technique, to act like you're ignorant. We learned about that in school.

My favourites been the hunting one he did last year. There are some really scary South Africans.

Seen that one as well, but I didn't find those SA's as scary as the one's from his Boer documentary. I found the one's from that hunting docu very clever, and also kinda tragic, that they have to let people hunt for sport or else all the wildlife there will be whiped out because it doesn't earn anyone any money. It's a sad state of affairs.