I suspect that there's no right answer to this. On the one hand, I might very well choose not to spend money on seeing him, but it's probably pretty usual to go to small comedy clubs without knowing exactly who's going to be playing. As a consumer, all I can really do is vote with my feet. If I don't want to see a particular performer, then avoid the clubs that book them.
It also seems pretty strange to try to avoid the elephant in the room when he performed as well. While it wouldn't necessarily mean that every performance he gives will be an extended mea culpa in future, the inverse is not true either. The closest thing I can think of involves a British comedian called Jimmy Carr (he's done the odd thing on Comedy Central and has a Netflix panel show coming soon). A few years ago he was implicated in a tax avoidance scheme that was declared illegal. He was caught bang to rights and had to suck it up. He didn't really stop doing stuff. There are loads of panel shows for comedians in the UK, so he was kept busy. But for a good year or two afterwards, it repeatedly came up, with other comics mocking him on air. He sucked it all up, and in his own way apologised. Now of course, tax fraud is nowhere near as serious as sexual offences, and can't just be laughed off, or used as the basis of a set. But in that instance it was unthinkable that it wasn't mentioned. I honestly don't know how Louis CK could continue his career at this point. I would think it'd take a wait of years rather than months. And he might want to do things very differently when he tries to reboot. I suppose it's like the thorny issue of reformed sex offenders. They need to re-enter society, or they simply become a permanent burden on the state, and so they need to be allowed to get a job and a home. But I'm not going to be happy that they're working alongside me, or living next door. Adam On Wed, 29 Aug 2018, 00:28 PGage, <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don’t know the answers to these questions. The details here point me in > a few directions. One is the customer who complained the next Monday that > since it was a surprise he was deprived of the opportunity to decide in > advance if he wanted to attend a CK show. Yes, he could have walked out, > but that puts the burden on the public, rather than the club or the > performer. I would rather see someone trying to comeback from this put his > name up in advance and take his medicine, rather than try to sneak back. > This also lets the market function. > > Also, the report is it was a typical set - no comment on or > acknowledgement of what he did. Jokes on the subject, even if self > deprecating, are high risk of course. Still, I think if he wants to show he > is ready to be given another chance he should somehow be prepared to > address it. > > CK’s behavior is not like we found out he was doing cocaine back stage, or > was fighting dogs or chickens. I don’t feel the need to punish him for bad > behavior in general. But I’ll be dammed if I am going to reward bad > behavior that helped him get ahead while harming others who might have > become his competiton. Men create a climate which facilitates their own > pleasure and comfort and undermines safety and advancement of women, and > can not then be rewarded for it. > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 1:09 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Realizing we will have this discussion for years, here and elsewhere on >> the intertubes, I don’t know what the timeline is for #metoo accusations, >> but this seems a little early for Louis to be out of the penalty box. Is >> there any documented evidence that he’s seen a shrink (NOT Phil McGraw) >> about his behavior? Have any of his accusers stepped forward on his behalf? >> I realize there’s no criminal conviction, but is merely stepping out of the >> public eye a punishment? >> >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/arts/television/louis-ck-performs-comedy.html >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
