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Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television by Louis Theroux
15 reviews
Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault
Moderate: Racism
Even when he's talking about himself it's not always great. The first third in particular was almost a DNF. Straight, white and privately educated Theroux had an extremely privileged upbringing. His attempts to downplay this where increasingly grating. Instead, Gotta get Theroux this is at it's best when he's talking about his experiences filming or his relationships. They seem to be the most honest and introspective. This might be because he comes across as clueless in the former, neglectful in the latter and actually acknowledges it.
I think I just prefer Theroux as a documentarian rather than a writer.
Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Xenophobia
I considered DNFing multiple times. I feel like it doesn't make sense to write a memoir and then have it be almost entirely about other people. It gives the impression that Theroux himself just isn't that interesting, so even when you do happen to get an opinion or emotion from him, you're disinclined to give a fuck.
Also, why can men actually not write a memoir without talking about their genitals? I thought this memoir's saving grace was that Theroux managed to break the curse, then right near the end there's a random and highly irrelevant story about the time he got an infection in his balls.
This was a hard one to get through, and I'd never have bothered if I knew what I was getting into beforehand.
Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Antisemitism
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Dementia, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Vomit, Stalking
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry
Louis Theroux wrote this himself and comes across so terribly throughout. He seems ungrateful for the privilege afforded to him in his early life to be able to play around with his career as much as he did and he seems entirely uncaring in both of his marriages, although I recognise his first marriage was one of convenience rather than desire.
The behind the scenes secrets from his TV career are fun, a redeeming part of this book, but his constant discussion of Jimmy Savile was a bit much. I didn’t need every second chapter to be reminiscent of time spent with Savile before the allegations.
Stick to TV Louis.
Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Dementia, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Misogyny, Grief, Religious bigotry, Classism
Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence