Louis Theroux manosphere documentary . . . Discuss

[swanseaboydan]

Just sat down to start watching this. I’m predicting pumped up influencers with toxic views but I’m open to seeing how it turns out.
Anyone else watching it / watched it ?

[andrewpandrew]

Can you go a discuss it in another forum?

[airsafari87]

Just finished watching it.

It’s everything you expect it to be and worse.
The levels of insecurity in these people is off the scale.

[swanseaboydan]

It’s pretty shocking how these men are - are they all just shills for dodgy finance products ?

[CloudStuff]

andrewpandrew said:

Can you go a discuss it in another forum?

Are you actually, actually mugging it?

[swanseaboydan]

I’m not sure if this is in the correct forum - I’m sure the moderators will move it if it is in the wrong place.

[Doofus]

It's in the Netflix thread already.

[swanseaboydan]

Sorry didn’t know there was one - I’ll have a look - moderators please close this one , thanks

[andrewpandrew]

CloudStuff said:

andrewpandrew said:

Can you go a discuss it in another forum?

Are you actually, actually mugging it?

Tongue in cheek… but it is being discussed elsewhere and in the appropriate forum.

[swanseaboydan]

About halfway through it - doesn’t seem up to the usual Theroux quality .

[BunkMoreland]

airsafari87 said:

Just finished watching it.

It s everything you expect it to be and worse.
The levels of insecurity in these people is off the scale.

So the usual one sided hatchet job you have to expect from Theroux?

I dont doubt there are wkers in the "Manosphere" with some weird af views. But ime women are fairly adept at not being around those people.

But at the end of the scale are people telling men to go and work out in the gym, work hard at their careers. Apply yourself to be successful, dont do drugs, or drink or smoke. Basically be the best version of yourself.

Its inevitable which ones LT will choose to cover

Remember, this is the guy paid by the BBC to make a documentary on Saville. Spent a lot of time with him and yet "saw nothing concerning" about him or his actions.

[Doofus]

BunkMoreland said:

Remember, this is the guy paid by the BBC to make a documentary on Saville. Spent a lot of time with him and yet "saw nothing concerning" about him or his actions.

That was twenty five years ago, Louis was 30. Lots of people knew and said nowt. Louis didn't 'know', but raised the allegations anyway.

Why do conspiracy theorists think the BBC is at the root of all evil?

[swanseaboydan]

I know it was t the focus of this documentary but I’d like to have seen more about the links between these influencers and the dodgy trading platforms that they promote.
A few years ago one of my cousins, about 15 years old at the time, told me I needed to move to Dubai and start trading as he had seen how easy it was on the internet. I’m pretty sure he lost a lot of his hard earned money to these grifters.

[BrabusMog]

Does it matter if it was one sided? These guys are so narcissistic that they were open to get on the documentary for further exposure and, quite frankly, some of the subject matter was utterly abhorrent. I'm no hand wringing wet blanket but I found some of the stuff highly offensive. Theroux has clearly decided to expose the worst people he could get hold of on camera and it is worrying if there are young lads being sucked in by these tosspots on social media.

[Bluedot]

Doofus said:

It's in the Netflix thread already.

I'm actually glad stuff like this gets its own thread, its a lot easier to discuss and follow than trawling through one of the Netflix/Prime threads.

[Doofus]

Bluedot said:

Doofus said:

It's in the Netflix thread already.

I'm actually glad stuff like this gets its own thread, its a lot easier to discuss and follow than trawling through one of the Netflix/Prime threads.

I agree, but the mods have a tendency to close down offshoot threads like this.