Watch the trailer for Louis Theroux's new documentary 'Inside the Manosphere'
Source: Engadget
Trailer Announcement
Netflix has unveiled a trailer for its upcoming documentary Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, set to arrive on March 11. It will be the first full‑length Netflix documentary for Theroux and follows him as he interviews “manosphere” influencers such as Sneako, Justin Waller, and HS Tikky Tokky (Harrison Sullivan).
“I’ve made documentaries for over 30 years now, and in a way, this subject feels like the final boss,” the filmmaker told GQ.
Synopsis & Description
Netflix’s description reads: “From Miami to Marbella, meet the men that are reshaping and radicalising young men’s ideas about masculinity and manhood.” In the trailer, Theroux interviews the influencers and even gets the tables turned on himself.
“I know that they would be streaming or filming me and would put that content out,” Theroux told Deadline. “And I hoped we’d get this feedback loop where there was a meta narrative that was then affecting my approach to the story.”
Theroux’s Other Work
Beyond documentaries (and his brief fame for “Jiggle Jiggle”), Theroux hosts the Louis Theroux Interviews podcast, featuring guests like Sean Penn and Florence Pugh. His earlier work covered conspiracy theories, UFOs, and the porn industry—topics he says were once niche but now drive internet culture.
Context & Impact
“I wouldn’t be the first to point out that a lot of this is down to the influence of social media and the way in which it has given vent to the darkest parts of the human soul. Not just given vent to them, but actively amplified them and pushed them into our feeds. So yeah, this is not a niche subject.”
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