Louie (Louis C.K.'s show on FX)

it's true, artistically this has been, as sullivan would say, a really big shoe

also i've been waiting for someone to make the standard wardrobe of fat white guys who don't care how they look seem noble and dignified, thank you from the bottom of my heart

seeing him tonight in baltimore. wonder if he'll do any newtown material?

finished season 3 - prob best scene I've seen recently that was set in china

i know a sorta WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY AND PULL YOU INTO THEIR HOMES message is maybe a little pat, but i feel like the story had enough use for it that it worked

yeah, true, but feel the need to point out that there's also a gross underpinning to this, the power dynamic between the West and the rest of the world

also january in beijing be hella cold, 12 degrees in beijing right now ^_^

Louie: France *in Mandarin, pronounces it wrongly* [perhaps pronouncing it like 'melon'?]

louie pronounces it 'fǎ guā' iirc which kinda sounds like "shǎ guā" (傻瓜）which means 'idiot' (literally means 'stupid melon')

haven't seen the show, but i heard this guy has a pretty masterful sense of rhythm

he is very ratchet

Lady leads Louie into the house.
Somebody: Someone's here to eat.

he refers to louie as a '洋人'which means foreigner or more specifically a westerner

I'm still not sure that manic pixie dream girls actually exist irl

that ep reminded me a LOT of a girl i knew in new york, especially the exhaustion and actually-i-'m-not-that-into-your-manic-spontaneity aspect that can set in extremely quickly

but also the flip side, finding yourself climbing up stairwells in unlikely parts of town, this person being like a pass into a totally different city that exists right in the same city you thought you knew

yeah, true, but feel the need to point out that there's also a gross underpinning to this, the power dynamic between the West and the rest of the world

― 乒乓, Wednesday, January 2, 2013 1:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

right, yes. I could take a hysterical NYRB thinkpiece approach & claim that this is an intentional microcosm of insular western dependence, but it isn't anything I'd thought through or past. I do feel like, more generally in the show, money isn't really a factor but that there's an implied sense of ill-thought out profligacy to most all of Louie's behaviours. it comes up in stand up sometimes, his kind of blank, lazy hunger for just distraction.

yeah I can see that. I guess I just expected that a show that's known for exposing the dark, jerky side of otherwise seemingly innocuous interactions sort of missed the boat on an opportunity to also show that side for the white-person-in-china scenario, but I can understand wanting to end the season on a happy note

the next season is set in china, louie is navigating the complexities of western dependence on chinese welfare while maintaining a consciousness of that labour's catalystic effect on a radically different economy. otm anyway; i can feel demanding when asking extra of things that are already a lot, & it's only a ten minute segment, &c, but it's maybe too straightforwardly a white guy with mythical china at his disposal, sure.

His late show in London on Thursday night was the best stand-up I've ever seen.

It was great.

saw him at the O2 and he was great!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/arts/for-louis-c-k-the-jokes-on-him.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all

good interview

Watched the first season last week and loved it, but actively rolled my eyes whenever Gervais's doctor character appeared onscreen because he managed to suck all the funny out of the thing for as long as he was onscreen.

I thought he was funny!! I like when they introduce characters who are totally at odds with the rest of the show.

I watched part of the first season on netflix. Someone had recommended it to me based on some post I had made about how miserable my life is. I got all the way up to where he calls some woman a cunt. Maybe this show works better for people with a different set of cultural touchstones or something.

what are your cultural touchstones?

I can't find the clip, but there's this great interview where he's talking about different network standards, and how on FX you can't show breasts, but there's an episode of The Shield where a police officer says "It appears he murdered her and then ejaculated on her stomach" and then they zoom in on jizz on a dead woman's stomach. So his friend suggested that they should censor women's breasts using an image of jizz on a dead woman's stomach.

I watched part of the first season on netflix. Someone had recommended it to me based on some post I had made about how miserable my life is. I got all the way up to where he calls some woman a cunt. Maybe this show works better for people with a different set of cultural touchstones or something.

― how's life, Friday, April 5, 2013 10:13 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fwiw, I wasn't too comfortable with this scene either. I also found the one about hating his mother pretty offputting. He has a sometime tendency to wallow too much in the shit.

"As soon as you crack your knuckles and open up a comments page, you just canceled your subscription to being a good person."
should add this to the FAQ imo

Expanded bit on Lynch from that interview: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/louis-c-k-and-the-ballad-of-jack-dall/?partner=rss&emc=rss

New special is BRILLIANT. Probably the most I've laughed at one of his sets ever.

Get ready to hear a whole lot of plaudits for the "of course, but maybe" capper.

that was the weakest part imo

haven't seen the recording yet but i don't think that part merits either fear of saturation/appreciation - like it's really funny & smart & that in itself isn't cloying! - nor downplaying.

is this the same stuff he did on tour last year?

http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/issues/366x270/20130410-louis-ck-1181-x286-1365610976.jpg

after visiting b&n today i can confirm this exists. flipped through it

*gets ready to hear plaudits*

hello this is louis ck, please listen to my new album on spotify

the taped show had a lot of material he didn't do at the ny show and some of the jokes were told differently... not always better imo, but sometimes. good stuff altogether. he sounds A LOT like carlin in this special.

can't believe he didn't include the old lady at the airport bit.

He can save that one for the show.

he did that one for SNL

omg bummer/blueberries

Are you just now watching this for the first time through? So much goodness to come. Annoyed there won't be any new eps for another six months or so.

yes

I think his "goodbye jews" joke on Conan is one of the greatest bits of standup ever (although technically not performed as standup)

is that the one w child actors auditioning for schindler's list? saw him perform that as standup, i believe it was his closer, i died
RIP m bison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySXM7Q0pm88

I've heard this story before but never with such complete detail and just wow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssfEzWn3Mbk

I just remembered the scene where he's driving his kids and the Who comes on the radio and they sing "Who the fuck are you?" and right now it is the funniest thing ever in my mind.

is that the one w child actors auditioning for schindler's list? saw him perform that as standup, i believe it was his closer, i died
RIP m bison

― what does ;_; mean in remorse code (m bison), Thursday, 1 August 2013 03:55 (Yesterday) Permalink

yeah it seemed way too well-constructed and complex not to be a bit he had developed for standup

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