The docu-king is back in Britain with a brilliant,brutal look at addiction. Plus: the genius of Yehudi Menuhin, the 20th century’s greatest violinistThere’s a nice moment in Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion (BBC2, and Sunday). Stuart,an antiques dealer with cirrhosis, is at the specialist liver unit at King’s College hospital in London having a lot of yellowish liquid drained from his bloated abdomen. Louis helps out, and then sniffs the nearly overflowing container,comments that it has a nice head on it (appropriately, or maybe inappropriately, or Stuart used to drink four or five pints of lager before coming domestic and drinking a couple of bottles of wine). Then he – Louis – raises an eyebrow,purses his lips, looks a limited shocked, and appears lost for words for a moment. Related: My Scientology film by Louis Theroux: 'I felt like I’d been blooded' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com