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Scientology is in the process of making a documentary about Louis Theroux

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  • #32
    Notorious97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭Notorious97


    yabadabado wrote: »
    Any of you watch the recent HBO doc on Scientology? Well worth checking out.

    Anywhere else to find it other than HBO?


  • #33
    yabadabado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,643 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    Notorious97 wrote: »
    Anywhere else to find it other than HBO?
    I cant mention on here where I watched it but its not hard find.


  • #34
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Saralee4 wrote: »
    Yea I love how Louis tackles things, he just asks fairly innocent questions with a bit of sarcasm and usually whatever he is making the documentary on speaks for itself and shows itself in a bad light by the reactions to his questions.

    Ah shtop, he asks leading questions wrapped up in a faux-naif bow. He knows exactly what he is doing.

    I find his documentaries entertaining whilst simultaneously not really liking him very much at all.

    Anyway, the Scientology documentary will just be an attempted hatchet job that nobody will take seriously.


  • #35
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    He knows exactly what he is doing.

    :confused:

    I would hope most people know exactly what they're doing.


  • #36
    Caovyn Lineah
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,839 ✭✭✭Caovyn Lineah


    When will his doc be airing?


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  • #37
    arch_stanton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭arch_stanton


    I doubt this is a real documentary to be screened for the public. One of their tactics for harassing critics and ex-members is to follow them around sticking cameras in their faces. In the HBO doc they had been filming the house of one of the guys day and night for over a year. When the police questioned them about why they were sitting filming from a parked car their excuse/cover story was that they were making a "documentary"


  • #38
    Saralee4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Saralee4


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    Ah shtop, he asks leading questions wrapped up in a faux-naif bow. He knows exactly what he is doing.

    I find his documentaries entertaining whilst simultaneously not really liking him very much at all.

    Anyway, the Scientology documentary will just be an attempted hatchet job that nobody will take seriously.

    i know this but I find how he does it very entertaining. He manages to pull off a childlike innocence all the while the viewer and sometimes the person he is interviewing knows (sometimes not) what he's getting at.

    I think his technique and style is unique to him. Personally I like how he does his documentaries.


  • #39
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Lyaiera wrote: »
    :confused:

    I would hope most people know exactly what they're doing.

    Er, OK then?

    Louis puts up this faux-innocent facade that sometimes seems lost on Americans, whilst asking leading questions. It's all a bit snide and patronising.


  • #40
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Saralee4 wrote: »
    He manages to pull off a childlike innocence all the while the viewer and sometimes the person he is interviewing knows (sometimes not) what he's getting at.

    A lot of the time the interviewee doesn't know. And the "childless innocence" always comes across incredibly fake to me. His documentaries are entertaining but have little integrity.


  • #41
    Saralee4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Saralee4


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    A lot of the time the interviewee doesn't know. .

    That's because a lot of the people he interviews in his documentaries are delusional and have mental belief systems.

    IMO most of the time, the 'leading questions' he asks are questions that you want to know and would want to ask and if he asked some of those interviewees out straight with no tact, he wouldn't get any kind of insight into what they really think because they would either get too defensive or not answer.


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  • #42
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    A lot of the time the interviewee doesn't know. And the "childless innocence" always comes across incredibly fake to me. His documentaries are entertaining but have little integrity.
    You watched By Reason of Insanity/A Place for Paedophiles/Law and Disorder in...? Seemed fairly sincere when questioning admitted paedos and some very mentally ill people.

    As for the other stuff, if it's lost on Americans then I assume it was lost on the Brits he made shows about too, because they mostly "fell for it" just as much. If anything he was even cheekier/pushier with many of the British subjects.


  • #43
    Saralee4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Saralee4


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You watched By Reason of Insanity/A Place for Paedophiles/Law and Disorder in...? Seemed fairly sincere when questioning admitted paedos and some very mentally ill people.

    As for the other stuff, if it's lost on Americans then I assume it was lost on the Brits he made shows about too, because they mostly "fell for it" just as much. If anything he was even cheekier/pushier with many of the British subjects.

    there was another one that he did on crystal meth and I thought he was very understanding and respectful towards the people he interviewed.


  • #44
    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    It's about time Louis was exposed for the documentary-making Englishman that he is.

    GOD HATES CLEGG'S FAG: The true story behind the thinking man's Henry Mc
    Kean.


  • #45
    yabadabado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,643 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    arch_stanton wrote: »
    I doubt this is a real documentary to be screened for the public. One of their tactics for harassing critics and ex-members is to follow them around sticking cameras in their faces. In the HBO doc they had been filming the house of one of the guys day and night for over a year. When the police questioned them about why they were sitting filming from a parked car their excuse/cover story was that they were making a "documentary"
    didnt they call themselves The Squirrel Busters .


  • #46
    Firefox11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭Firefox11


    maximoose wrote: »
    When is Louis' show about them due to come out?

    God damn it I love Louis.

    "Hi, how are you doing?"

    That line works so well on so many of those nutcases and fringe groups he interviews.:)


  • #47
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Louis:"hi I'm louis, so what exactly is it you're doing here"

    Subject of documentary: *tirade of offensive wackiness*

    Louis: *horrified expression*

    Subject of documentary: *further off the wall ramblings*

    Louis: "ok then"


    Format is simple but effective


  • #48
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,043 ✭✭✭Berserker


    Is there anyone who doesn't like Louis Theroux? Love his work myself. Forgot to mention that Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of David Miscavige who is head of the CoS, wrote an amazing book on her life in the church. It is called 'Beyond Belief'. If anyone is looking to get a really good insight into the CoS then it is well worth a read.


  • #49
    RDM_83 again
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,116 ✭✭✭RDM_83 again


    Berserker wrote: »
    Is there anyone who doesn't like Louis Theroux? Love his work myself.

    I like him when he is dealing with the people whom he actually has a bit of an interest or compassion for, like the drug addicts, prisoners, prostitutes and so on. The people you can tell he doesn't have any empathy at all with it comes a across as either patronizing or alternatively not direct enough in that he isn't asking hard enough questions, as Porshe959 points out he doesn't deal particularly well with b@stards that are smart and have media awareness.

    He is the only one of the many doing the 'superior but self depricating' brit thing that I don't want to beat to death with a shoe though and his shows are genuinely good (actually Jon Ronson gets a pass too but he is a lot more sympathetic to his subjects)


  • #50
    Mallagio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 498 ✭✭Mallagio


    Most definitely not aimed at public viewing, it's more to keep their own followers behind their bulls*it curtain.


  • #51
    SaveOurLyric
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭SaveOurLyric


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Scientology whackjobs.

    Thats a bit harsh. Its a privilege to call yourself a scientologist, because its something you have to earn. Because a scientologist does. Scientologists know that they can help. He, or she, has the ability to create new and better realities and better conditions. Its exactly it. You're either on board, or your not on board. Now is the time. So you better know it. And if you dont, go and learn it.


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  • #52
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,043 ✭✭✭Berserker


    SaveOurLyric wrote: »
    Thats a bit harsh. Its a privilege to call yourself a scientologist, because its something you have to earn. Because a scientologist does. Scientologists know that they can help. He, or she, has the ability to create new and better realities and better conditions. Its exactly it. You're either on board, or your not on board. Now is the time. So you better know it. And if you dont, go and learn it.

    Hello Tom O'Cruise .....


  • #53
    deco nate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭deco nate


    SaveOurLyric wrote: »
    Thats a bit harsh. Its a privilege to call yourself a scientologist, because its something you have to earn. Because a scientologist does. Scientologists know that they can help. He, or she, has the ability to create new and better realities and better conditions. Its exactly it. You're either on board, or your not on board. Now is the time. So you better know it. And if you dont, go and learn it.
    ... And how much does it cost to learn?...... Level??? How many levels are there now??


  • #54
    bjork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭bjork


    SaveOurLyric wrote: »
    ........ You're either on board, or your not on board. Now is the time. So you better know it. And if you dont, go and learn it.

    on board what?

    The space ship?


  • #55
    AndonHandon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭AndonHandon


    I plan on drugging tom cruise and taking suggestive photos of him to show how gay he is.


  • #56
    A_Sober_Paddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭A_Sober_Paddy


    myshirt wrote: »
    How come it's very difficult to source copies of When Louis met Jimmy, and When Louis met Max Clifford. They were pulled very swiftly from Netflix, never to return. Bad form.

    You may be able to find them easy enough, PM sent


  • #57
    deco nate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭deco nate


    AndonHandon wrote: »
    I plan on drugging tom cruise and taking suggestive photos of him to show how gay he is.

    No need, just go to a party with him and John Travolta
    ;)


  • #58
    Ranchu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Ranchu


    His documentaries are entertaining but he's a massive snide asshole for the most part.


  • #59
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Thank you, RDM 83 Again and Ranchu, it's not just me! I thought I was out on my own there. :)


  • #60
    Mallagio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 498 ✭✭Mallagio


    SaveOurLyric wrote: »
    Thats a bit harsh. Its a privilege to call yourself a scientologist, because its something you have to earn. Because a scientologist does. Scientologists know that they can help. He, or she, has the ability to create new and better realities and better conditions. Its exactly it. You're either on board, or your not on board. Now is the time. So you better know it. And if you dont, go and learn it.

    You don't have to be part in any religion to improve conditions or yourself. It's within us all. I do though respect anyones right to practice religion in anyway they do choose themselves.

    Each to their own & all that jazz.


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  • #61
    valoren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,706 ✭✭✭valoren


    Deleted User wrote: »
    New challenge:

    Since Scientology is constantly trying to muddy people's names, we should try and figure out what they try to allege Theroux has done.

    I'm going to start the ball rolling with ... Theroux allegedly once accidentally uploaded a photo of his penis to Twitter.


    "Hi...how you doin' :cool:"


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