# Does Louis like Michael? (Theroux, Jackson) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-louis-like-michael-theroux-jackson/213600 "2003-11-16T22:22:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-louis-like-michael-theroux-jackson/213600/1 "2003-11-16T22:22:39Z")
I’ll keep this short because I haven’t got much time. Louis’s documentaries tend to be sarcastic, usually letting the subject’s weirdness do most of the work (of ridicule), asking mostly innocent questions. I watched tonights docu on Wacko, and it was just like the others. But at the end Louis said he was a fan and that he genuinely wanted spend time with him. Was he being sarcastic? Was the docu a genuine interest in Wacko? Louis’s comment “do you want to see M settle down with a boyfriend or girlfriend” (paraphrased) I think wasn’t a suggestion that M is gay, but is due to Louis himself being gay. This resulted in M’s dad and the other guy (I’ve already forgotten their names) to say “We hate gays”. I wondered if Louis was tempted to say he’s gay. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-louis-like-michael-theroux-jackson/213600/2 "2003-11-17T00:26:10Z")
As always with Louis, neither us nor the interviewees can ever be sure whether he’s being genuine (and naive) or cynical (and calculating), or a combination of both. I think Louis cares more about ‘Michael the person’ than Martin Bashir ever did - Louis would interview ANYONE interesting or odd, famous or not.