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Louis Theroux

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  • #92
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Leeg17 wrote: »
    From twitter:





    He's revisiting 3 porn stars, JJ Michaels (the young straight lad doing gay porn), Rob Black and one other star, the rest are new people.

    Yessss.... can't wait for this.

    For the record JJ Michaels was the short guy doing only straight porn, not the lad up in the snowbound cabin.

    He can't revisit Jon Dough the pornstar that drove a motorcycle in the original episode because he hung himself a few years back.
    Dough died on August 27, 2006, in Chatsworth, California of suicide by hanging. He was 43 years old. His body was discovered by his wife.


  • #93
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    I'm reading Louis' book at the moment, The Call of the Weird. He catches up with a few people that featured in some of his documentaries, including JJ Michaels. He caught up with him in 2004/2005 and as of then he was out of porn, working for Boeing in Missouri and had married a Ukrainian mail order bride. Louis stayed at his house and watched some of JJ's porn with JJ and his wife. Looking forward to his new documentary, I think JJ is going to feature again.


  • #94
    Cherry_Cola
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Cherry_Cola


    Just a heads up that his next documentary, "Extreme Love: Autism" is on this Thursday at 9pm on BBC2.


  • #95
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,196 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Certainly a few uncomfortable moments there and I liked how they didn't have a panel of talking heads explaining this and that. Tough going for the parents, but the kids were great. It seemed to round out who they were, not just focus on the condition. The school was something else.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



  • #96
    adox
    Registered Users Posts: 19,015 ✭✭✭✭adox


    Loved last nights show. Thought it was handled pretty well.That school really was fantastic.

    I felt really sorry for all the parents but especially the two with the boy and girl twins? that were both autistic. You could just feel their tiredness and absolute despair at the situation. I have to admit I welled up a couple of times watching it.


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  • #97
    Doge
    Registered Users Posts: 8,945 ✭✭✭Doge


    Absolutely brilliant documentary and I think it showed a broad spectrum of the many traits one can have with autism, and it's varying levels of severity.

    Nicky was very entertaining and likeable, very unique personality, and his dramatic reactions were humorous at times, but on the flipside of that, its a shame to see how super sensitive he is to negativity.


  • #98
    Doge
    Registered Users Posts: 8,945 ✭✭✭Doge


    Was just thinking about how it's a shame that we can't post links to streams,
    not because of the Boards charter, but because of the legality of it.

    I think documentaries in particular like these should be free for anyone in the world to view,
    as it is purely for educational purposes, education is something that should needs to be free imo.

    I honestly don't see the harm in more people obtaining a broader understanding of autism (in this case and other topics), as it would help reduce the amount of ignorance, prejudice and frustration associated with these issues.

    To legally limit the audience to solely people with UK TV in there homes (in this case) is a huge shame, especially when I can't see any harm in more exposure.

    Sometimes I feel like these laws are in place solely because of greed.
    The Greed of Corporate companies who hold the copyright to media,
    and the greed of people who's highest priority is to make money from creating such documentaries.

    Apologies for that rant! Its just such a shame great things can't be shared like this today!


  • #99
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,057 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Anyone know when the second part of this is airing, or did I just dream that there would be a second part?

    edit - It wasn't a dream! :pac:
    Extreme Love: Part 2 looks at people with dementia.

    We filmed that one in Phoenix, Arizona – capital of America’s elderly – principally working out of a care home with a “memory support unit” for the chronically forgetful.

    One of the main characters is a retired dentist, called Gary, who spent much of his time believing he was still working at a military base among fellow soldiers.

    http://louistheroux.com/blog/?p=85


  • #100
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Balls... forgot all his latest doc.

    Was advertised as "Coming Soon" a few weeks back on BBC, and never found out the actual air date.


  • #101
    Cherry_Cola
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Cherry_Cola


    It was a great documentary, really sad to see the pain on some of the families faces, particularly that couple with 2 autistic kids.

    The school was something else and seems to do a great job in working with them.

    Second part is airing this Thursday at the same time.


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  • #102
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Cherry_Cola wrote: »
    It was a great documentary, really sad to see the pain on some of the families faces, particularly that couple with 2 autistic kids.

    The school was something else and seems to do a great job in working with them.

    Second part is airing this Thursday at the same time.

    Dementia this time though, not autism.


  • #103
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    I also see they're repeating the first part at midnight on Saturday night / Sunday morning on BBC HD.

    Will record them and watch em both on Sunday.


  • #104
    adox
    Registered Users Posts: 19,015 ✭✭✭✭adox


    Will definitely watch the dementia one, although a little close to the bone for me personally.


  • #105
    Duggy747
    Registered Users Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Aaaah, good to see some new Louis again. Watched all his docs again recently and was still aching for new ones when I came across the autism one by accident.

    Great doc which brought a cold reality of autism to light. Really have to admire the strength some parents have to endure this, especially the ones with the autisitc twins. That school really was something else and a great idea to boot, too.

    I'm fascinated with mental disorders. Both parents were psychiatric nurses and the brother works in mental handicap so I'm looking forward to the dementia episode.


  • #106
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    A little update I spotted on his website:
    The porn show was deemed a little too lurid for a 9 o’clock slot and there was something about it not being a great follow-on from the gentle pleasures of Springwatch, which I can understand.

    So that’s now been pushed back to sometime in June.

    Anyway... Thursdays episode
    Extreme Love Part 2: Dementia

    http://louistheroux.com/blog/?p=104extreme-love-dementia-thursday-26-april-900pm-bbc2


  • #107
    GO_Bear
    Registered Users Posts: 966 ✭✭✭GO_Bear


    The Autism one was a great watch, I love Louis work


  • #108
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,057 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Great episode tonight.


  • #109
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Just watched the one on dementia and it was so sad and difficult to watch. It it such a tragic disease. My grandmother suffers from it so I could really relate to it. It's awful the way a person can go through the whole gambit of emotions in the space of a sentence. The real tragedy is the people left as carers.

    The one thing that I noticed in this show, and in my own experience, is that humour seems to be the real connector. You really do seem to get the impression that you're getting through to the real person when you share a smile or a laugh.

    I missed the one on Autism, hopefully I get to catch it on repeat.


  • #110
    FouxDaFaFa
    Registered Users Posts: 6,850 ✭✭✭FouxDaFaFa


    Both Extreme Love docs were very good.

    The Dementia one was particularly sad, especially that woman whose husband doesn't remember her (at least, as his wife). It makes you think about the impossible decisions families must have to make. Do you remain married to them and take on their huge medical bills? Do you move on even though they're still alive? Horrible.

    My grandmother was a sufferer. She went extremely quickly though so we were quite lucky, in a way.


  • #111
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    Tweet from Louis
    My porn doc is coming on BBC2 on June 10th, 10pm.


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  • #112
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    ScrubsfanChris wrote: »
    Tweet from Louis
    Set reminder on phone since I missed both Extreme Love docs, and had to catch them on repeat.


  • #113
    christmas2012
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭christmas2012


    ill be watching it,ive watched a few of louis thearoux's work,i think its amazing stuff no interviewer as good as him i think,really asks all the right questions,very thought provoking,i saw the one last night on the right wing fire and brimstone christian nutters,saying on their placards to dead soldiers and other people fags go to hell,cancer is a godsmack etc..they even disowned members of their own family for not obeying all the rules,their own family..wtf
    ive seen the one on autism,and the one about the smallest body builder,and how some of them had superstar status in places like asia,very interesting stuff..


  • #114
    maximoose
    Registered Users Posts: 9,196 ✭✭✭maximoose


    Porn again? Is there a different angle to it this time or something?

    I was just watching the Weird Weekends episode on porn at the weekend, Louis rehearsing lines with one of the actors is just pure gold :)


  • #115
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    maximoose wrote: »
    Porn again? Is there a different angle to it this time or something?

    I was just watching the Weird Weekends episode on porn at the weekend, Louis rehearsing lines with one of the actors is just pure gold :)
    I read on his blog that it will be 50% a re-visit, catching up with people in a sort of "Where are they now?"
    And 50% about the trouble the industry is in thanks to internet piracy.
    He mentioned that one of the actors he interviewed in the first doc had since commited suicide, think it was the short blonde haired guy, cant remember his name right now, and that he was really interested about what went wrong.


  • #116
    maximoose
    Registered Users Posts: 9,196 ✭✭✭maximoose


    ScrubsfanChris wrote: »
    He mentioned that one of the actors he interviewed in the first doc had since commited suicide, think it was the short blonde haired guy, cant remember his name right now, and that he was really interested about what went wrong.
    The guy doing the gay porn but maintained he was straight? Jeeeepers thats bloody sad. Looking forward to this now


  • #117
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    maximoose wrote: »
    The guy doing the gay porn but maintained he was straight? Jeeeepers thats bloody sad. Looking forward to this now
    Jon Dough
    was his name, I'll have to look over the dvd again to see which part he was in (no pun intended :rolleyes: )

    Here's the blog post about the doc:
    http://louistheroux.com/blog/new-porn-documentary-airing-in-april/


  • #118
    cazwhatever
    Registered Users Posts: 115 ✭✭cazwhatever


    His new one is airing tonight at 10pm just to remind everyone :)


  • #119
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,057 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Piracy does kill

    apparently


  • #120
    jaykhunter
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 12,013 Mod ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    Always an interesting watch, Porn 2012 was a lot more grim.It was pretty cool to catch up with the guys from the 97 doc. Shocked at the
    bomb JJ dropped about how/why he got into porn, it makes you think differently on his "I've got a deathwish" mode of thinking from the first doc. The extreme entrepreneur, now having gone to jail with his wife & making 'classy' porn was a stark change as well. He seems very brash but quite ill at ease, like he's been through some terrible times.

    It was a very good idea to watch the initial documentary again before seeing this one. You'd pick up on things John Dough said, insinuating he's rejecting the world that rejects him ("No I just stay at home") and how much he must've hated his life, affected by porn. I would've liked to have heard about the straight guy who was unhappy but did gay porn; i don't predict a positive outcome.

    Louis did a very good job pushing in certain places with the couple with the porn girl and regular black guy. He looked very unhappy with what his girlfriend was doing for a living and tried to sound supportive. It doesn't seem like he could separate the act of sex and love-making at all. I think if Louis pressed a bit harder they would've broken up right there! So it wasn't all doom and gloom it was nice to have a few minutes with still giggly/happy new porn actors who were like schoolkids around each other.

    Overall it was very enjoyable, and although the subject matter is generally sobering it managed to try stay upbeat.


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  • #121
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Crazy to see how much that one guy aged (the producer guy).. Hard to believe the first doc was 15 years ago.


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