Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux is a British-American broadcaster. He is known best for his Gonzo style of journalism. This style of journalism is similar to reflexive journalism. It is famous for sarcasm, exaggeration, humour and profanities and is written subjectively, in the first person narrative, including the reporter as a part of the story.

He is famous for his show 'Louis Therous Weird Weekends', which is a documentary series which was shown on BBC2 from 1998 to 2000 separated into 3 series. In this documentary, Louis Theroux gives the audience a small insight into the lives of different types of mpeople who have extremist beliefs or live in a culture which is stereotyped badly; individials who would not normally come into contact with what we know as 'normal' existence.

This is a clip of part of the episode of Louis Theroux: A place for Paedophiles:



As a class, we have watched one of his documentaries- 'Louis and The Brothel' which is about when Louis spends six weeks living in Nevada brothel, the Wild Horse Spa & Resort, set up by former prostitute Susan and one of her regular clients Lance. He meets the punters and the girls including Emily, who is the youngest prostitute at 19, Belle, who is 21 but looks 12 and attracts paedophile punters, and Haley, an alcoholic who wants to get out of the game.





It basically gives an insight of what life is like from working and living in a Brothel and how the girls of who Louis interview with, cope with everyday issues and what they expect from their job. It is a reflexive and expository type of documentary.