Yeah, I think fundamentally it did come down to "this is too bleak for me right now and I know it's just going to get worse" so I put it aside. One day.
― circa1916, Sunday, 9 April 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
good monologue
― SSN Lucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 9 April 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link
The birthday clown piece seemed like something he brought in with him. Really well done.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 9 April 2017 18:01 (seven years ago) link
Didn't really find much of the Netflix standup funny.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 9 April 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link
I did like when he used the audience member's "CHRIST!!" thruout the "years" bit
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 9 April 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
most of that monologue was at least two years old; had heard it in concert.the giraffe bit was relatively new and cracked me up tho
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Sunday, 9 April 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
It's like he gave himself the challenge of the toughest subjects to build a comedy set around: abortion, 9/11, ISIS beheadings, rescue dogs, etc.
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Monday, 10 April 2017 01:34 (seven years ago) link
Loved the quick bit about people before Christ counting down years and not knowing why. Much of it was very good and much better than whatever the last special was.
― Evan, Monday, 10 April 2017 04:42 (seven years ago) link
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Sunday, April 9, 2017 8:34 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this occurred to me, too
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 10 April 2017 14:52 (seven years ago) link
i recall louie saying in an interview that he was listening to a george carlin set in the car or something and carlin led with an abortion joke, which impressed the hell out of louie. the show was in missouri or something. maybe that was his inspiration. i feel like this is a stevolende post.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 10 April 2017 14:56 (seven years ago) link
something like that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R37zkizucPU
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:53 (seven years ago) link
That's awful.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 03:28 (seven years ago) link
It's not funny. His delivery is terrible. I like him but no.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 03:30 (seven years ago) link
He's not doing material...
― Evan, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 04:32 (seven years ago) link
http://www.thedailybeast.com/tig-notaro-louis-ck-needs-to-handle-his-sexual-misconduct-rumors?source=facebook&via=mobile
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 24 August 2017 01:22 (six years ago) link
I'm assuming (based partially on his dodgy non-response) that there's something there, and also that he knows there's no way to address it without tarnishing his brand and rep, so he'll never do so unless someone forces his hand. Depressing but hardly surprising.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 24 August 2017 02:17 (six years ago) link
so this movie of his sounds like an extraordinarily bad idea huh
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 12:40 (six years ago) link
I understand your reservations but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised if you watch Pootie Tang with an open mind.
― Scott Staph (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 12:44 (six years ago) link
ha, for real I made a game effort of watching Pootie Tang once upon a time and just count not stand more than half an hour
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 12:45 (six years ago) link
i keep starting his different shows and not finishing them. started horace & pete and baskets and the new one with whatsherface as a single mom but i never finish them. i also have that weird "should i still listen to my Swans albums?" feeling now with him because the internet says he is a sex criminal.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:02 (six years ago) link
he doesn't have a lot of creative involvement in Better Things iirc. adlon directed the entire upcoming season
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:03 (six years ago) link
Horace and Pete is a little much for me. It's like watching 5 Louis C.K.s talking about Louis C.K. stuff
― crüt, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:06 (six years ago) link
I basically loved H&P for its audacity, though the scenes of characters discussing the election were uniformly terrible
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:10 (six years ago) link
Better Things is wonderful
― Cyndi Larper (stevie), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:49 (six years ago) link
hazlitt.net/feature/truth-jest
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
oops http://hazlitt.net/feature/truth-jest
Haven't watched Horace & Pete, but Better Things season 1 was fantastic. I didn't get around to it until it was on Hulu for free, so I guess I'll catch season 2 in a year or so.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
I found BT a bit hit-and-miss (and the privilege levels on display a little much) but I hear very good things about S2.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
New interview:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/movies/louis-ck-rumors-wont-answer.html
Premise sounds like prime Louie, in a potentially good way, but hard to imagine walking up to the box office and saying "Two for I Love You, Daddy."
― Eazy, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
cast looks great but the meta-ness of it (an accused famous pervert making a film about another accused famous pervert in the style of an homage to the latter) might be a bit too much for me
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
and the way people talk about the "blood in the water" aspect in that piece made me a bit queasy, like the allegations actually *add* value
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link
yeah the whole "I'm not going to talk about this I'm just going to make a provocative movie about it but btw I am not talking about it" is jarring
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
wtf is wrong with him. why would you make a movie like this unless you want to promote the pervy rumors about you
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
"If I Did It"
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
to be fair to him he's having another actor play the pervert
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
Also it seems like a different flavor of pervert
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link
Ohh nice
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
either
1. the rumors are at least partly true but he's pretty certain there will never be proof, but he's canny enough to know the "mystique" could add a level of interest and chatter2. the rumors are not true and everything he has no idea how weird and cagey it looks
and I find the second option nearly impossible to believe at this point
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
yea too many people have come forward with v similar stories, & if it weren't true idk why the fuck you would perpetuate it with a movie like this
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
But yeah I really wish he would put his money where his mouth is and confront this honestly. The essay that Sean posted is really good.
xp
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
yeah the Hazlitt piece does a good job of explaining why this has been particularly diappointing
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
I love Charlie Day and feel kind of bad for him that this is his role in the movie tbh
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
Doesn't malkovich play the perv?
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
Malkovich plays the Woody Allen analogue, Charlie Day plays the public masturbator
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:26 (six years ago) link
louis give two perverts.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:26 (six years ago) link
er wait I misread that I guess he just "mimes" it
The film’s other provocations include a few slurs and a goof-off comedian (Charlie Day) miming onanism, twice, in front of other people.
still, shades of the allegations against Louis
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
i havent watched his show since David Lynch was on but the episode described in that Truth In Jest? article sounds horrifying
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 21:35 (six years ago) link
it's discussed upthread and as with most of the episodes involving his relationship with the Pamela Adlon character, it's pretty gross and unpleasant.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
iirc there was some interview shortly after that episode aired with Louis and Adlon where Adlon explicitly defended it as not actually sexual assault or something similar.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
what is it supposed to be if not that though? (i haven't seen it, but unless that description in the article is flat out wrong i don't see what else it could possibly be supposed to be depicting?)
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link