Maybe he could pair up with Roseanne Barr for a comeback tour.
He produced ‘Baskets’ on FX, one of the best little black-humor cable shows I have ever seen. Louie Anderson won an Emmy for portraying ‘Mom Baskets’. I think Louis C.K. is a despicable sad excuse for a human being, but no denying he has talents.
I’m usually too cheap to buy tickets for anything (except Drive-By Truckers), but I’d go see him for free.
Like, for the rest of his life he should donate the majority of his earnings to get you to buy a ticket? You don’t think that’s a little over the top?
I guess I am the only one who wants him to crawl on his knees the thousand miles of the Camino de Compostela with a gag in his mouth, then. Huh.
But then I never cared for stand-up comedy.
He was also the creator and a exec producer on ‘better things’ which has been picked up for another season. Wonder if he’ll have to take a step back from that. It’s a nice little gritty comedy.
eta: actually, I see his production company has been kicked from the show
I don’t know, but for now that’d be a good starting point. IMO what he did was pretty egregiously bad, and it would take a pretty major (and probably long-term!) act of good will and decency to make up for it.
No, I think I am even more extreme than you.
What he did was wrong and gross but he didn’t actually assault anyone. So why should he contribute half his earning to combat sexual assault? One of the incidents happened over the phone, for Pete’s sake.
Contributing/donating a significant portion of a very large salary isn’t an egregious penalty, IMO. It’s pretty mild, in fact, IMO. In my understanding, he violated the consent (i.e. did not acquire consent from these women to take part in his sexual behavior, even though “taking part” only involved observing or hearing his… activities) of multiple women. And he didn’t fully acknowledge this.
With Michael Richards as the opening act.
How much do you think comics make for a 15 minute set at a comedy club? If he ever gets to the point where he is making a living wage off of comedy again then we’ll see. Since he sunk quite a bit of his own money into projects and went through a divorce who knows how much money he has kept from previous earnings.
You said the majority of his salary. Yeah, that’s pretty egregious. Would you suggest such a penalty for any other crime committed by someone in any other profession?
For someone barely earning more than they spend (say, a plumber) – yeah, that’d be egregious, and I’d instead advocate for some major, long-term volunteer work. But for a rich guy who’s still getting royalties on tons of properties? I don’t think that’s particularly egregious. YMMV.
Funny take on the Michael Richards incident by Dave Chappelle:
Dave Chappelle had a bit to say on the Louis CK incidents as well.
I find a lot of the discussion about whether disgraced people “can” or “cannot” make a comeback a little . . . separated from how this whole thing works.
You “can” make a comeback, or continue working in your industry, the minute people are willing to pay to see you.
So in that sense, while he may not be back at pre-disgrace fame and income, he is certainly allowed to try to sell his comedy for cash, and apparently is finding some success at it.
That said, I know that I (and many others) are choosing to no longer pay for/support his comedy. I also know that many others, men and women, are totally willing and interested in seeing a Louis CK show.
True to an extent, but if you’re dependent on advertising or sponsorships or any kind of corporate money at all (like, for example, a network or movie studio greenlighting your project) then even if you have people willing to pay to see you, you can be derailed by other people pressuring the corporations through protests and boycotts.
Someone like Louie CK doesn’t need any corporate support to resume his career, so he can mount whatever kind of comeback he wants whenever he pleases.
What do you mean by some success? As far as I can tell he did a few minutes of material twice. That length of a spot usually pays a couple hundred at most. Big name comics usually do those drop ins for free to work on new material.
Yeah, the guy has real big time problems. Take just the “I Lost $35 Million in an Hour.” statement.
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He did not lose anything in an hour. This took decades of horrible behavior to achieve.
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Stuff was dribbling out for several years and nothing magically happened in an hour.
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No one emptied $35M from his bank account in an hour (or longer). You can’t lose hoped for future earnings.
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It’s not about the money, you freakin’ fool! It’s about human beings other than yourself!
The ego on this guy is astonishing. He is a long way from understanding his issues.