{"id":9945,"date":"2017-10-08T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2017\/10\/08\/louis-theroux-for-all-his-awfulness-i-admire-trumps-shamelessness\/"},"modified":"2017-10-08T16:00:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T14:00:52","slug":"louis-theroux-for-all-his-awfulness-i-admire-trumps-shamelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=9945","title":{"rendered":"Louis Theroux: \u2018For all his awfulness, I admire Trump\u2019s shamelessness\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The documentary-maker\u2019s new series returns to the dark underbelly of the US. But with Trump in the White House, and fringe beliefs on the rise, is weirdness now mainstream? And does he feel scarred by his experiences?Louis Theroux has got up close and personal with pimps, paedophiles, murderers, neo-Nazis, Afrikaner separatists, religious fanatics, alien-hunters and a&nbsp;range of eccentrics who are often armed, deluded and volatile. They\u2019re not what scares him. \u201cThe truth is, the most terrifying experience is when you\u2019re out on location and nothing is happening. That\u2019s the worst,\u201d he&nbsp;says.Viewers of his documentaries&nbsp;\u2013 he has made more than 60&nbsp;\u2013 know Theroux, now 47, has built a&nbsp;career on stuff&nbsp;happening. His work relies on made-for-TV moments&nbsp;\u2013 the visual gag, a&nbsp;shocking confession, an outrageous boast, a&nbsp;poignant or embarrassing revelation&nbsp;\u2013 which make you wince or laugh while Theroux himself looks on, his emotions in check, the quizzical&nbsp;outsider. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2017\/oct\/08\/louis-theroux-for-all-his-awfulness-i-admire-trumps-shamelessness\" target=\"_blank\">Louis Theroux: \u2018For all his awfulness, I admire Trump\u2019s shamelessness\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The documentary-maker\u2019s new series returns to the dark underbelly of the US. But with Trump in the White House, and fringe beliefs on the rise, is weirdness now mainstream? And does he feel scarred by his experiences?Louis Theroux has got up close and personal with pimps, paedophiles, murderers, neo-Nazis, Afrikaner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}