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"Louis Theroux documentary idea: Go to Moscow and get an eye exam from Bashar al-Asad. I wonder what frames he would recommend for Louis' face shape"
"He's been getting a lot of Louis Theroux comparisons lately but it seems he can't actually do much as a journalist... someone like Theroux had his boundaries (eg the nazi asking if he was Jewish in his garage, or even just asking people uncomfortable/confrontational questions that weren't political "
"I mean the fact we're talking about a bald man who's always shirtless with a tattoo from a wattpad mafia fanfic destroying the youth kinda proves my point he was never meant to be taken seriously he should've been in a Louis Theroux documentary episode but because he played the game of modern social"
"I remember being a big fan back in the day, so I rewatched the westboro one. It was still pretty good but felt a bit exploitative in a way things didn't pre-internet."
"I think Louis does a great job, as he always does, of gently needling them into encapsulating their worldview in miniature when he gets Daniella Weiss to push him, and refuses to push her back, only to have her state back to back that 'there's no such thing as settler violence' and 'I really wanted "
"I remember being a big fan back in the day, so I rewatched the westboro one. It was still pretty good but felt a bit exploitative"
"There are also David Foster Wallace's essays, Louis Theroux's documentaries, and H.L. Mencken's writings"