Comments on: First Review: Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America

By: yeah

yeah — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:32:00 +0000

Saw this last year, quite scary, even the host was afraid to meet Fred Phelps.

The sad thing is people seem to see these people as the only extreme out there, and think anything less than these nuts is "okay." Even Fox News Channel hates these people.

People may also like the film "Fall from Grace" about the Phelps family and those who managed to escape.

By: itsross

itsross — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:39:00 +0000

This documentary didn’t make me sick to be honest. It came as no surprise to me that there are people like this in the world. I felt sorry for the members of the Westborough Baptish church to be honest, they’re clearly not mentally stable, and if there really is a God, I have no doubt that they will be the ones going to hell.

By: PT Ryan

PT Ryan — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:06:00 +0000

Oh it makes us straight men sick as well! It’s repugnant that America’s obsession with “religious freedom” means psycho cults like this can run amok with no repurcussions.

By: craigiej

craigiej — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:23:00 +0000

that is a very well written review David of something that clearly would make any gay man feel sick to their stomach – great work, as always

By: john

john — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:28:00 +0000

You can watch the first 90 seconds here:

http://idents.tv/blog/2008/04/15/the-cult-of-louis-theroux/

It’s a truly staggering documentary, well worth a watch.

By: itsross

itsross — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:22:00 +0000

I discovered Louis Theroux after watch this doco (brilliant btw) and have since watched just about all of his work.

His Wild Weekends series is fantastic, as well as his special on Vegas and on plastic surgery.