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What is Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere about?
Theroux dives into the world of the ‘manosphere’, an ideology that is reshaping and radicalising young men’s ideas about masculinity and manhood. The documentary will see Theroux exploring the online world where red pill ideologies run rampant, and misogyny is a given. He will also spend time with creators and influencers at the helm of the movement from Miami, New York and Marbella, like Harrison Sullivan (HSTikkyTokky), Myron Gaines, Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy (Sneako), Justin Waller and Ed Matthews.
He’ll also delve deep into their relationships with women — and explore why the women who choose to be in their lives appear to agree with their ideologies.
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Ultimately, the documentary encourages us to think deeply about who is responsible for allowing this movement not only to exist, but also to continue growing online. How are social platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and X failing to support young people and instead leaving them vulnerable to these ideologies?
“I think you have to hold the influencers responsible, which is what we do in the film,” he told GQ. “But I think what you are talking about is something that’s slightly outside the remit of the film, which is both the media barons who are profiting from cynically deploying algorithms and platforms and technology in a way that kind of makes us the worst versions of ourselves. And to an extent, I suppose, a political and cultural establishment.”
And the experience should be confronting.