have you finished the latest season
― a (waterface), Monday, 8 February 2016 22:53 (eight years ago) link
I mostly like Pamela idk
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 8 February 2016 22:54 (eight years ago) link
yes I've seen the whole run
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 February 2016 22:55 (eight years ago) link
one thing that bugs me about Louie is how the character deals with his sexuality - he does this thing where he generalizes his own behavior as being universal to men, and then does a lot of self-centered, assholish stuff, subsequently shrugging it off as just being honest. And then there is this tendency within the show for women to throw themselves at him. The sex is often awkward or uncomfortable, but it is crazy how many times he just ends up banging whatever random female character shows up in the episode, whether it's Joan Rivers (which works, and that episode is great), or some rando from the club, or the model(!), or the aggro mom from the PTA meeting. It is a *long* list. After awhile it feels like sloppy writing: "gee, wouldn't it be funny if *this* kind of person had sex with Louie!"
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 February 2016 23:00 (eight years ago) link
totally agree, to the extent that i had to go find my posts to that effect:
in his stand-up there's a lot of stuff that's really self-loathing with regard to heterosexual relationships and put into general women/men terms, i often find myself thinking "nah i think this is just very specific to your issues, dude."
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, December 2, 2014 3:31 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and i appreciate comedy and art that's vulnerable and specific, but it's precisely because it comes off as not self-aware that it bothers me.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, December 2, 2014 3:32 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 8 February 2016 23:08 (eight years ago) link
yeah. I still think he's very funny and a guy whose work I will follow.
otoh while I'm usually loathe to confuse one's work/public persona with the performer and would hardly convict him in a court of law or anything, in retrospect there's stuff in his work that makes me think hmm, yeah those creepy sex assault rumors seem kind of believable in light of the way he handles sexuality in his work.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 February 2016 23:13 (eight years ago) link
That is not fair.
― Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 14:52 (eight years ago) link
Did they ever figure out how many people Hitchcock murdered?
― maybe my clam is just more toxic (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 15:01 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, don't blame Louis, blame his writers.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 15:10 (eight years ago) link
that's a joke because he writes almost all of it himself, right?
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 15:21 (eight years ago) link
(yep)
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 15:43 (eight years ago) link
I mean I get the creepy vibes stuff, but it's tough to write about sex with any specificity in a way that doesn't involve your character having a lot of sex when he is basically the only character
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 15:56 (eight years ago) link
how about just don't "blame" anybody for fictional content?
― Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
calm down I made it clear it's my personal impression, no doubt compounded by his own intentional blurring of his fictional/real self in his work. I'm not going to put him in on trial or anything.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 17:33 (eight years ago) link
Are people still not clear why men choose to pursue fame, or..
― • (sleepingbag), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 17:38 (eight years ago) link
Understood, sorry.
It does gets tiresome though. This kind of speculation is what it means to be "put on trial" by the public—to the extent such a thing exists.
It's not harmless, and it does damage people.
― Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link
If you are a single hetero male comedian w your own TV show, you probably will be dating lots of women on your show. Look at Seinfeld.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
does his character have a tv show?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
oh nm I see what you're saying, it's just the nature of the medium/topic
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 18:25 (eight years ago) link
I mean what do you want him to write about, doing his taxes?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 18:26 (eight years ago) link
yup that's all single white guys do, fuck lots of random women + taxes
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 18:27 (eight years ago) link
yeah, fuck taxes
― Evan, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
C'mon, man, that's such a stereotype. I hardly ever did taxes when I was single.
― maybe my clam is just more toxic (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
I mean go to the club, obviously. Fuck the taxes.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 18:49 (eight years ago) link
Second ep moved at a glacial pace
― calstars, Saturday, 13 February 2016 22:43 (eight years ago) link
steven wright is p. good in this
― Option ARMs and de Man (s.clover), Sunday, 14 February 2016 23:20 (eight years ago) link
skipped the 2nd ep but the third was pretty impressive
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 15 February 2016 00:05 (eight years ago) link
p. impressive is an understatement.
― Option ARMs and de Man (s.clover), Monday, 15 February 2016 21:59 (eight years ago) link
just a massive leap in quality from the first two.
yeah the extended duologue format is a way better fit, plus Laurie Metcalf killed it
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 15 February 2016 22:27 (eight years ago) link
good lord yes.metcalf is secretly among the greatest actors of her generation.this third ep easily justifies all the fumbling of the first two and it was exactly what I was looking for from this exercise.
― ulysses, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 01:15 (eight years ago) link
like "louie" i think there's more punch in having the show meander and flop around and then occasionally pull into something laser-focused and ambitious like this.
― Option ARMs and de Man (s.clover), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 00:32 (eight years ago) link
haven't watched the second episode yet and haven't heard a good thing about it. can I skip right to the third?
― Clay, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 00:38 (eight years ago) link
Yes, though i thought it was okay.I like the lange character
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 05:16 (eight years ago) link
I'd watch the second tho it meanders. Wright is good and it establishes a bunch of stuff which i imagine will pay off later. Helps a little even with the setup for the third, tho the first gets you most of the way there.
― Option ARMs and de Man (s.clover), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 05:37 (eight years ago) link
Watched episode 5 tonight. This has become my favorite non-TV, TV show right now.
Steven Wright is so great.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 07:45 (eight years ago) link
CK tells Howard Stern he's losing millions on this, the former seems basically unconcerned.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 13:21 (eight years ago) link
I ended up pretty much loving this, though it would have been way better had CK cast a real actor instead of himself (though he's sometimes fine)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 14:48 (eight years ago) link
everybody on this show sounds like Louis CK talking to himself so subbing in another actor would not have made a noticeable difference to me
― ejemplo (crüt), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 14:49 (eight years ago) link
louie pulled the interview circuit superfecta now of talking abt this on howard, maron, bill simmons, & Charlie rose in the span of a few wks
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 28 April 2016 11:14 (eight years ago) link
The full ginsburg
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Thursday, 28 April 2016 16:26 (eight years ago) link
he's lost money on the project and now it's done; I presume he's trying to get it sold to a network now.
― ulysses, Thursday, 28 April 2016 16:58 (eight years ago) link
He's selling the whole series for $31/pop, and then will sell it to Netflix or other later. It doesn't sound like he's scrambling to cover his ass - he wanted to release something without context before doing press, same as Bey et al.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 28 April 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
did anyone watch them all? I wasn't really impressed w what I saw
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 28 April 2016 17:08 (eight years ago) link
I did, if you get to ep 3 and don't like it you should probably stop
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 April 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
yea its not really accurate to say hes lost money & its only done to the extent he hasn't decided if he wants to continue it
I want to watch it but will just wait til whenever he sells it to a service
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 28 April 2016 17:55 (eight years ago) link
I purchased the whole thing and absolutely loved it. "if you get to ep 3 and don't like it you should probably stop" is OTM advice.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 28 April 2016 18:45 (eight years ago) link
Loved the first ep, keep meaning to get around to the rest.
― just her neck. thankig u in advance (stevie), Friday, 29 April 2016 09:53 (eight years ago) link
It felt a little like some album where a load of virtuoso musicians came out and showed you how good they were at playing, but for acting. But I didn't feel it was self-indulgent at all, it was just like a great showcase for some great performances. It felt stagey and theatrical in the best way.
― just her neck. thankig u in advance (stevie), Friday, 29 April 2016 09:54 (eight years ago) link
Saw him last night and he absolutely killed. A master at the height of his powers.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Saturday, 23 July 2016 14:05 (seven years ago) link