LOUIS THEROUX S/D

Yeah I wasn't sure about that, are there cases of castrated paedophiles reoffending? In fact how many paedophiles are castrated, it's not something that's normally done is it? Does it have to be voluntary?

Sorry to be all 20 paedo questions.

my favourite bit was the paedo-choir in which about 15 peados and a paedo pianist (paedo-nist?) sang this awkward meandering tune that didn't seem to have any repeating sections or memorable bits. classic paedo-viewing. also the addams family theme.

Taking my vast experience from some tv show I half-watched once castration is voluntary, extremely rare, and there have been re-offenders after voluntary castration. In the show they only mentioned chemical castration however, and not actual castration as in the case of the guy on this show.

i thought his special on the maximum security prison in the states was pretty good too, didn't catch the one last night.

I thought one of the most interesting things was that it at least had a go at looking at the problem of what you actually do with people like this if you don't string 'em up or keep them in prison for ever. As someone who opposes the death penalty and who also doesn't think it's a good idea to have huge prisons full of peadophiles locked up until they die, it's something I haven't really thought through because..erm...it's someone elses problem. So it was good, one, to have to face the reality of my liberal sensibilities and two, to see the people whose problem it actually is (not the offenders, although, obviously, it's their problem as well).

Heh, I've just thought anyone opening this thread and skipping to the end may think we're talking about what's to be done about Louis Theroux...

my gf worked for two summers in a secure unit (in or around watford i think, not sure) that held a lot of convicted child abusers- it was a constant struggle to keep them in, as there were constant legal challenges etc to justify their continued incarceration- every now and again there'd be a successful appeal, but most of them were back in within a few weeks after being caught hanging round schools and the like. most of the staff were certainly in favour of life terms.

you found yourself (as is the case with a lot of louis' docs in that they do at least try to show two sides) somehow actually sympathising with the odd pedo

I think at one point in the programme Louis said that one the thing's that made him uncomfortable was that some the behavior he was seeing was typical of some paedophiles when 'grooming' their victims.

There was a really weird moment were Louis asked a guy what he was in for and he said, 'date rape'. The guy in question was mixing some kind of punch for their Halloween party and then was all, 'Hey Louis, wanna try some?'

this was a bit boring, generally. i liked the the doctor woman with the glasses and therapy-speak, nearly as creepy as some of the paedos, on such a power trip.

louis should have played it for lols a bit more.

There was a really weird moment were Louis asked a guy what he was in for and he said, 'date rape'. The guy in question was mixing some kind of punch for their Halloween party and then was all, 'Hey Louis, wanna try some?'

― Mr Raif, Monday, 20 April 2009 17:39 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

"there's no rohypnol in it, is there? just kidding!"

this was a bit boring, generally.

I think, possibly, that this was how it should be. Not great entertainment maybe.

I mean I didn't really find it boring but I then I'm slightly obsessed with crime and punishment.

I prefer The Idiot

i just watched the pedophile one. i liked it except the awkward shit at the end where he's badgering the "reformed" guy but there are always those weird parts in his shows. loved the pedo-choir & the halloween party. wtf @ the penis measuring thing though.

also that fucking guy with the long hair, ew. pedophiles.

I've never seen any of this guy's stuff, would really love to after reading that interview re: the Phelps family.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42745000/jpg/_42745223_family_bbc203.jpg

^^^!!!!LOL

I sat behind LT on a plane to Vegas once. He was v nice!

Was he goign to make this programme I wonder?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007957z

what do you mean?

Erm...I mean if he was on a plane going to Vegas maybe he was on his way to film the programme mentioned in that link.

hahaha

When was that episode made? This was in 2004 so I don't know.

first TX June 2007, it says on that webpage

Probably was just going for the hookers and gambling then.

Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth - tonight on BBC2 (and then on iplayer presumably).

There was a really weird moment were Louis asked a guy what he was in for and he said, 'date rape'. The guy in question was mixing some kind of punch for their Halloween party and then was all, 'Hey Louis, wanna try some?'

― Mr Raif, Monday, 20 April 2009 17:39 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

"there's no rohypnol in it, is there? just kidding!"

― max arrrrrgh, Monday, 20 April 2009 18:07 (3 months ago)

i honestly can't remember if louis said that or i just made it up.

i love that there's a feature in the radio times explaining what crystal meth is

uh, this is depressing. might have to wall-e instead tbh.

*watch

that was his best doc in years

Great but depressing bit of work. Normally with these documentaries there's usually the hint of something more hopeful in the future, just didn't get it with this. Even Louis looked shocked and uncomfortable at some of the squalor he encountered.

Couldn't believe how much that long time user looked and sounded like George Bush.

I was thinking, when he was at that BBQ with the dealers, what a dangerous situation it was that he'd put himself in. I don't know how these programmes are made, but presumably it was just Louis with a cameraman and a soundman?

I'm not sure his style/personality really works for documentaries like this, he always seems ironised or removed and a bit emotionless which works with the kooks and freaks of wrestling or gambling but seems a bit off with something as sad as this

Just watching the Dirty South episode. Theroux and Master P is certainly a meeting of the minds.

Louis meets America's Medicated Kids

Thought this one was pretty good and suited his style a lot better than paedophiles and people addicted to crystal meth. He has another one airing soon, 'Law and Disorder in Lagos'.

Just watching the Dirty South episode. Theroux and Master P is certainly a meeting of the minds.

― "i find your antics mirthful and infectious" (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, October 14, 2009

fans of this ep may wanna check out

http://themartorialist.blogspot.com/2010/03/odyssey-to-find-mello-t.html

http://themartorialist.blogspot.com/2010/04/odyssey-to-find-mello-t-part-2.html

I need a picture of Louis' gangsta album cover with him regally stroking a cat.

I was on the bus yesterday, reading a newspaper over someone's shoulder, and there was an article by Theroux where he revealed that he was Nick Clegg's fag at public school. "When you say 'I want you to clean my shoes' what exactly do you mean by that? (awkward pause)"

xp
http://cdn.static.ovimg.com/episode/362934.jpg

props to you sir! that is fantastic

6ft 2 in the compact, no slack
luckily the seats go back

Westboro Baptist Church - big Lady Gaga fans

another good show I thought, but I always end up with more questions than answers

Enjoyed LT descending into openly mocking the crazed filmmaker convert guy by the end - "well the Bible would say that wouldn't it"

The little gay Asian guy coulda been a documentary of his own, poor guy was so uncomfortable in his own skin

I know. Our Joel was all righteous teenage anger but I said to him "these people are just really deluded, not evil". I like it when Louis is upfront with his hosts and avoids that non-committal doubletalk thing.

Their justification for Obama being the Antichrist was pretty solid

Popular guy, powerful, doing the work of the Devil. Could be Charlie Sheen I guess.

he's done a second Westboro episode? did they welcome him back into the house again or?

Yeah, follow-up show cos several members have left since the first one. Relations were cordial but suspicious, for the most part.