When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/louis-cks-next-chapter
Louis CK is not “reentering” anything. The consequence for his actions was that one of his movies got pulled from distribution, but he was back on the standup circuit within a year and remains a huge draw. Going off of his imdb he’s had 4 stand-up specials since his alleged cancellation, a TV show and a movie, six “web series” and two documentary appearances. Guy has been getting work, far more work than the average successful stand-up comedian.
I would go so far as to say that LCK has been milking this “returning from being cancelled” bit for so long at this point that it’s basically become a part of his brand. It will be 2030 and he’ll be marketing his next hbo special as a “return”.
He took a brief hiatus while the heat died down and came back and hasn’t faced any lasting consequences for his career or popularity beyond a relatively small and inconsequential group of people not wanting to be associated with him or see his shows, who are far outnumbered by the people who will do a bit of ribbing about what he did but who fundamentally just don’t care.
I was just watching Trumbo, where Louis CK plays a screenwriter that actually got cancelled. His character was actually struggling to pay bills, couldnt get any gigs and had to get bailed out by Trumbo. Kind of ironic comparing how his character in the movie got cancelled versus his real life cancellation
Louis CK is not “reentering” anything. The consequence for his actions was that one of his movies got pulled from distribution, but he was back on the standup circuit within a year and remains a huge draw. Going off of his imdb he’s had 4 stand-up specials since his alleged cancellation, a TV show and a movie, six “web series” and two documentary appearances. Guy has been getting work, far more work than the average successful stand-up comedian.
I would go so far as to say that LCK has been milking this “returning from being cancelled” bit for so long at this point that it’s basically become a part of his brand. It will be 2030 and he’ll be marketing his next hbo special as a “return”.
He took a brief hiatus while the heat died down and came back and hasn’t faced any lasting consequences for his career or popularity beyond a relatively small and inconsequential group of people not wanting to be associated with him or see his shows, who are far outnumbered by the people who will do a bit of ribbing about what he did but who fundamentally just don’t care.
I was just watching Trumbo, where Louis CK plays a screenwriter that actually got cancelled. His character was actually struggling to pay bills, couldnt get any gigs and had to get bailed out by Trumbo. Kind of ironic comparing how his character in the movie got cancelled versus his real life cancellation