Superb documentaries (Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends)

Member Name: joerobo

Product:	Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
Date:	16/05/09 (12 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Brilliant subject matter and interviewing

Disadvantages: None

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends contains the bulk of Louis Theroux's documentaries and in my opinion the best ones are all in this series. Firstly, for those who don't know who Louis Theroux is, he is a very well educated (Oxford university) interviewer who manages to get a lot out of interviewees by using a naive persona that lulls them into a seriously false sense of security.

What makes Louis Theroux documentaries special is that he is very good at getting a lot out of those he questions, whilst remaining somebody who both the interviewee and viewers both still like as a person. This makes his documentaries very watchable.

What makes Weird Weekends good I think is that by and large they are not too serious which sometimes causes a documentary to get bogged down. Here most of the documentaries float easily of their own accord and cover fantastic things such as UFO believers, wrestlers, swingers and porn stars.

Watch out for these on Dave, or maybe go snooping on the internet....

Summary: Go check them out!