Louis Theroux is back with Forbidden America YOU Magazine

Louis Theroux is back with Forbidden America YOU Magazine

Louis Theroux is back with Forbidden America - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Extreme and Online Louis Theroux is back with Forbidden America By Emily Cleary - February 11, 2022 Everyone’s favourite documentary-maker Louis Theroux is back and – as you’d expect – his latest show pulls no punches as it examines the impact of social media and the internet on modern American society. Forbidden America was sparked by Theroux’s interest in the ‘Trump phenomenon’, and the people on the edge of the movement using social media to not only support Trump, but spread their extremist views. BBC Pictures The first episode, which airs on BBC2 this Sunday evening (February 13th), is titled Extreme And Online and sees Theroux come face to face with a number of far-right US internet personalities, including Nicholas Fuentes – a commentator who uses his platform to spread a series of white nationalist, antisemitic and misogynist views, and is considered too extreme for even the right-wing of the Republican party. ‘The side effects of social media and the internet in general is that everyone’s more visible,’ says Theroux. The line between the private and the public has been erased, to a great extent. ‘And in this case, it means that the people in my documentaries can see everything that I’ve posted on social media, and I can see everything that they post, and that’s ongoing. So, while I’m filming with them, very often they’re filming me; they’re posting and writing about me.’ READ MORE: Best BBC dramas for 2022 The three-part series sees Theroux travel the ‘length and breadth’ of America, speaking to some of the most controversial and active online content creators, from far-right streamers; rap stars who share their chaotic and sometimes violent lives with thousands of online fans; and porn performers who earn a living via online subscription services using their new power to call out the behaviours of alleged industry predators. BBC Pictures Theroux’s most recent projects have been UK based, but the documentarian said the ‘Trump phenomenon’ as well as a slight nostalgia for his early documentarian efforts, drew him back stateside for this one. ‘I started out making programmes in America and made my name there in some respects with Weird Weekends, and there’s something about the stories there that have this sort of outlandishness – a sort of eccentricity and vibrant colour – while also containing a lot of troubling and toxic themes that felt very different to what I’d been doing,’ he says.’ ‘So I thought, let’s go back to America and do one of those sort of slightly weird American cultural stories.’ BBC Pictures Forbidden America airs on Sunday 13th February at 9pm on BBC Two and iPlayer RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved
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