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Gotta Get Theroux This - My Life And Strange Times In Television (Paperback)
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Gotta Get Theroux This - My Life And Strange Times In Television (Paperback)
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From much-loved documentary maker Louis Theroux comes a funny,
heartfelt and entertaining account of his life and weird times in TV.
In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on
Michael Moore’s TV Nation, presenting a segment on apocalyptic
religious sects. Gawky, socially awkward and totally unqualified, his
first reaction to this exciting opportunity was panic. But he’d always
been drawn to off-beat characters, so maybe his enthusiasm would carry
the day. Or, you know, maybe it wouldn’t . . .
In Gotta Get Theroux This, Louis takes the reader on a joyous journey
from his anxiety-prone childhood to his unexpectedly successful career.
Nervously accepting the BBC’s offer of his own series, he went on to
create an award-winning documentary style that has seen him immersed in
the weird worlds of paranoid US militias and secretive pro-wrestlers,
get under the skin of celebrities like Max Clifford and Chris Eubank
and tackle gang culture in San Quentin prison, all the time wondering
whether the same qualities that make him good at documentaries might
also make him bad at life.
As Louis woos his beautiful wife Nancy and learns how to be a father,
he also dares to take on the powerful Church of Scientology. Just as
challenging is the revelation that one of his old subjects, Jimmy
Savile, was a secret sexual predator, prompting him to question our
understanding of how evil takes place. Filled with wry observation and
self-deprecating humour, this is Louis at his most insightful and
honest best.
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