Talking about Larry Clark is awkward, because the work puts you in a position where there is no comfortable way to discuss it. So much of his photography has to do with sex, drugs, youth, and his own life. In this Patreon exclusive Taboo Topics episode, I am breaking down Larry Clark’s career as both a photographer and filmmaker, starting with Tulsa and moving through projects like Teenage Lust and Kids. Tulsa exploded because it showed a version of suburban America no one wanted to admit existed, and it forced viewers to question whether honesty automatically crosses into exploitation. That same tension follows Clark through his films, especially Kids, where his obsession with youth culture becomes even harder to separate from his own perspective as an aging artist. This video is not about defending or condemning Larry Clark, but about sitting with the discomfort of his work, asking why it still provokes such strong reactions, and figuring out what it means when art is inseparable from the life that produced it.