Theroux The Keyhole: When the world went weird (and so did I)

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going to dive straight into this read!! it was brill. I loved louis theroux’s reflective tone, splashed with humour and revelations that were completely therapeutic to me😌

His ability to dissect the emotional complexities of modern family life with unflinching honesty makes Theroux the Keyhole well worth a read and a fascinating document of this unprecedented era.

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Come round to Louis Theroux’s house where the much-loved TV documentary-maker, podcaster and bestselling author of Gotta Get Theroux This finds himself in unexpected danger . . . Theroux’s documentary presented a different angle on the group, taking viewers inside the inner workings of the family over the course of the first documentary and its two follow-up episodes. Attracting 19% of 1 April 2007’s viewership, the documentary was re-broadcast three days later and only gained more traction in the coming years. Watching the three documentaries myself, I found myself invested in this insane and disturbing group. Following some of the younger family members as they managed to escape and defect,Theroux’s work is gripping, grounded and unique. In the words of my ‘Theroux enthusiast’ pal, “the one about the church” is one of the best. My status in our family is equivalent to the mice under our floorboards. If there’s an argument going and my wife Nancy is talking to one of my kids and I weigh in, the kids’ response will usually be: “Shut up Dad, no one asked you.” Come round to Louis Theroux’s house where the much-loved TV documentary-maker, podcaster and bestselling author of Gotta Get Theroux This finds himself in unexpected danger . . .

Louis also describes how he launches his podcast, Grounded , finally gets to the US to film a new Tiger King documentary and aims his sights on the latest incarnation of the far right in a world becoming radicalised by social media. Theroux the Keyhole is Louis at his insightful best, as he faces unforeseen new challenges and wonders why it took a pandemic for him to learn that what really matters in life is right in front of him. The book is also a whistle-stop tour of world events during this period, some of which made me laugh out loud all over again (Four Seasons Landscaping anyone? 😂).

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I wanted to get the goods on Savile. The trouble was, I had no clear sense of what those goods were.’

Although initially resisting the idea of going into journalism. "All my friends were writing, and I wanted to be different." Louis found a job on a local paper in the sprawling city of San Jose, "a town where nothing ever happens." A year later he went to work for the New York-based satirical magazine, Spy, where "When I asked some rappers to freestyle on gun safety, one of them threatened to beat me up." Louis (Sebastian) Theroux was born in Singapore in 1970. His father, the American novelist and travel writer, Paul Theroux, met his mother, who worked for the V.S.O., in Uganda. Louis’ older brother Marcel Theroux was born in Kampala, "so as children we sort of globe trotted." But his father decided to buy a family home in England, and they settled down in a big, rambling, dilapidated house in Wandsworth, South London. Louis went to Westminster School and then gained a First Class Degree in History at Oxford University. I’m a fan of Louis Theroux. I love his podcast, his books, his documentaries, so no surprise that I really enjoyed his new book too. I listened on Audible and it’s narrated by Louis himself.The dark rumours – of sexual deviance, of being unemotional, of having a morbid interest in corpses – were one of the reasons I’d taken him on as a subject. In the film, Savile actually hints at his disturbing secret life, and tells Theroux: ‘We live in a very funny world. And it’s easier for me, as a single man, to say “I don’t like children”, because that puts a lot of salacious tabloid people off the hunt.’ Louis also describes how he launches his podcast, Grounded, finally gets to the US to film a new Joe Exotic documentary and aims his sights on the latest incarnation of the far right in a world becoming radicalized by social media. Theroux the Keyhole is Louis at his insightful best, as he faces unforeseen new challenges and wonders why it took a pandemic for him to learn that what really matters in life is right in front of him.