{"id":22192,"date":"2018-08-24T12:55:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T02:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=22192"},"modified":"2018-10-24T12:55:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T02:55:25","slug":"dark-tourist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=22192","title":{"rendered":"Dark Tourist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?attachment_id=13421\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13421\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13421\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagtv.jpg\" alt=\"tagtv\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagtv.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagtv-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?attachment_id=22193\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22193\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22193\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/darktouristthumb.jpg\" alt=\"darktouristthumb\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/darktouristthumb.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/darktouristthumb-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"dropcap\">L<\/span>et&#8217;s just get it out the way.\u00a0 Yes, at first glance the similarities between Kiwi documentary maker David Farrier and Louis Theroux are impossible to ignore.\u00a0 Not only does he look similar to Louis, he also has the same disarming interviewing technique and chose the same style of show, exploring unusual sub-cultures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Two things.\u00a0 Firstly, Farrier is obviously well aware of the comparisons and I admire the balls of his editing team to include a line from one of his interviewees who calls David <em>a third rate Louis Theroux imposter<\/em>.\u00a0 Secondly, I think Farrier is a decent film maker and if anyone doubts his credentials, they should check out <em>Tickled<\/em> (currently on Netflix) which is a way more interesting documentary about &#8216;competitive endurance tickling&#8217; than it has any right to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Dark Tourist<\/em> is an eight episode series that takes Farrier around the world to explore unusual tourist destinations and experiences.\u00a0 He travels everywhere from Europe, North America, South America and perhaps most interestingly, to autocrat ruled Turkmenistan, in one of the most fascinating episodes in the series (its titled <em>The Stans<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There isn&#8217;t much that thematically ties each episode together.\u00a0 You get a mish mash of places that dabble in voodooism and spirituality, people that fetishize cult figures like Pablo Escobar and Charles Manson, and remote parts of the world usually ruled by some sort of dictator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The format of the show usually covers three distinct destinations each episode so generally Farrier is spending about 15-20 minutes apiece on each location\/subject matter before moving on.\u00a0 Going back to the Louis Theroux comparison, it reminds me of his earlier <em>Weird Weekends<\/em> shows compared to the more serious and in-depth stuff he does now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can watch the episodes in any order so just pick a subject that interests you.\u00a0 For me, I&#8217;d recommend &#8220;The Stans&#8221;, &#8220;Japan&#8221; and &#8220;Back in the USA&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiwi documentary film maker David Farrier travels the world visiting unusual and extreme tourist destinations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2771,2206],"class_list":["post-22192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-david-farrier","tag-netflix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22196,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22192\/revisions\/22196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}