Louis C.K. is a comedian and he has a show on FX. It's a half hour long and he basically plays himself (a divorced 40-something comedian with two kids living in NY) and it's described as a comedy. I can't say I laugh much. But I do watch every week because it's unlike anything on television and it's usually fascinating. I just think of it as a drama about slices of real life. He's really willing to go to awkward places and use whatever story telling techniques work to get there.
Last week, the show was an hour long and was about a USO tour to Iraq and Afghanistan. In spite of the fact that it included a bit of how his daughters hid one of the class ducklings in his bag it felt very genuine. It turns out Louis has a blog, is an accomplished photographer and went to Iraq on a USO tour a couple of years ago. It's told in several parts and it's easily one of the best things I've read in a couple of months. It starts here, just follow the links at the bottom of each post to the next one (there are some other posts in between to go through). Really, this is great stuff.
USO Tour weblog. Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan.
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