Louis Theroux: By Reason Of Insanity
March 22, 2015 at 6:20 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2015 at 6:20 pm by TubbyTubby.)
Just watched the first episode of this. I love Louis' style of interview and he manages to get responses from mentally ill patients where others would fail. This one is from a secure hospital in Ohio and is a great insight into a world that most of us will never see.
Revealingly, even though the documentary made no claims to a common issue, 3 of the 4 patients in this episode were religiously delusional. One young chap had clearly been involved in evangelical work, whether it was a cause or effect of his obvious mental state I couldn't really work out. He was in a bad way though, and his mother appeared to have her own set of issues as well.
Anyone watch it? I look forward to the next episode.
Revealingly, even though the documentary made no claims to a common issue, 3 of the 4 patients in this episode were religiously delusional. One young chap had clearly been involved in evangelical work, whether it was a cause or effect of his obvious mental state I couldn't really work out. He was in a bad way though, and his mother appeared to have her own set of issues as well.
Anyone watch it? I look forward to the next episode.
