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Tell Them You Love Me on Sky Docs review: this knotty exploration of disability and consent is fascinating

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Louis Theroux is not one to shy away from a difficult story. After all, this is a man who has not flinched while interviewing neo-Nazis, pornstars and scientologists. Tell Me You from his production company Mindhouse, follows the controversial affair between an American philosophy professor and a severely disabled man. It is not for the faint-hearted, but no crime documentary worth watching ever is. This is a deep dive into a scandal that poses complex questions about the nature of consent, disability and love.

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