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Louis C.k
Truth Is What a Comedian Makes of It Comics have long strived for some version of authenticity. But what that looks like — and how genuine it is — continues to evolve.
By Jesse David Fox
documentaries
June 5, 2023
Louis C.K. Me Too Documentary Dropped by Showtime Caroline Suh directed the feature about the comedian’s return.
By Zoe Guy
vulture lists
May 5, 2023
A Taxonomy of Semi-autobiographical Comedian Sitcoms Pete Davidson’s Bupkis is the latest in a long, long line of comedians inserting themselves into TV shows.
By Bethy Squires
documentaries
Aug. 25, 2022
Louis C.K. Doc to Follow His Return to Stand-up After Sexual Harassment Claims Paramount exec David Nevins calls it “a very interesting documentary, which I haven’t seen yet.”
By Rebecca Alter
grammys 2022
Apr. 3, 2022
By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
sorry to this man
Dec. 19, 2021
By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
And the Grammy Nomination Goes To … Louis C.K., Marilyn Manson, and DaBaby, apparently.
By Bindu Bansinath
grammys 2022
Nov. 24, 2021
Grammys ‘Won’t Restrict’ Submissions After Marilyn Manson and Louis C.K. Noms “What we will control is our stages, our shows, our events, our red carpets.”
By Justin Curto
live comedy
Aug. 10, 2020
Is Dave Chappelle Shooting Another Netflix Special? His recent shows, which feature Louis C.K. and others, are definitely being taped.
By Megh Wright
you have to laugh
Apr. 4, 2020
By Devon Ivie
sexual misconduct
Nov. 13, 2019
Louis C.K. Accuser Speaks Out: ‘What C.K. Did Was Not Done With Consent’ “But it didn’t matter because the exciting part for him was the fear on our faces.”
By Megh Wright
last night on late night
Feb. 15, 2019
Watch Pete Holmes Talk About Louis C.K. on Busy Tonight “I’m still pulling for him,” said Holmes. “I know he’s not great.”
By Bethy Squires
Dane Cook Won’t Comment on the Louis C.K. Report, But He Will Make Karma Jokes “All I can say is that nothing Louis did to me is anywhere near what happened between him and those women.”
By Megh Wright
Tig Notaro Offers a Gig to Comedian Boycotting Louis C.K. Venue “I don’t want to work with anyone that will work with Louis CK or anyone like Louis CK.”
By Jordan Crucchiola
Dave Becky Will Not Have an EP Credit on Broad City’ s Final Season The former Louis C.K. manager served as an executive producer on the show’s first four seasons.
By Megh Wright
17 Comedy Bookers on Whether They’d Put Louis C.K. Onstage “If enough people can make money, he’s going to have a fantastic career.”
By Dan Reilly
a final word
Dec. 31, 2018
The Real Louis C.K. Is Finally Standing Up And like Kevin Spacey, he is wholly unworthy of our attention.
By Matt Zoller Seitz
What Did We Really Expect From Louis C.K.? Like so many abusive men before him, he took the path of least resistance.
By Anna Silman
n-word privileges
Dec. 23, 2018
Louis C.K. Drops Hard R N-Words in Old Clip Ironically, Seinfeld is the only PC comic at the table.
By Bethy Squires
Would You Have the Balls to Heckle Louis C.K.? Talking to the 25-year-old woman who yelled at the comedian to “get his dick out” onstage at the Comedy Cellar.
By Anna Silman
questionable comebacks
Nov. 26, 2018
Rose Byrne: You Shouldn’t ‘Surprise’ People With Unannounced Louis C.K. Comeback “I think if he’s going to show up, just let everybody know so then they can make a decision, like, ‘I don’t want to see this guy — I’m out.’”
By Halle Kiefer
We Always Knew a Louis C.K. Comeback Would Be Easy The comedian’s return to the comedy-club scene has arrived without much resistance.
By Megh Wright
conversations
Oct. 31, 2018
By Megh Wright
bad comebacks
Oct. 30, 2018
Louis C.K. Returned to Comedy Cellar Last Night As Protesters Gathered Outside “I feel it’s my duty to resist,” one woman told the Cut. “What he did was not acceptable. Not by a long shot.”
By Sarah Nechamkin
Padma Lakshmi Put On a Comedy Show! Her friend Chris Rock made an appearance.
By E. Alex Jung
sexual harassment
Oct. 23, 2018
Sarah Silverman Apologizes to Louis C.K. Accuser Over Comments In turn, Rebecca Corry told Silverman that she’s still getting threats and harassment for coming forward.
By Lisa Ryan
good one podcast
Oct. 22, 2018
How Chris Gethard Transitioned to Comedy Cellar Stand-up On this week’s Good One podcast, Chris Gethard discusses his transition away from improv and toward stand-up.
By Jesse David Fox
bad comebacks
Oct. 17, 2018
Louis C.K. Jokes About ‘Weird Year’: ‘I Lost $35 Million in an Hour’ “It’s been a weird year,” he said in a standup set, saying he had “lost $35 million in an hour.”
By Sarah Nechamkin
Ted Alexandro Wants His Viral Louis C.K. Stand-up Set to Speak for Itself “Trust is earned. If you’re talking into a microphone in front of hundreds or thousands of people, it’s because your point of view is trusted.”
By Michael Stahl
Jimmy Kimmel Says ‘the Audience Decides’ on Comedy Comebacks Like Louis C.K. “I think people tend to focus on the one or two people who walk out of a situation like that.”
By Megh Wright
sexual misconduct
Oct. 2, 2018
Two Women Walked Out of Louis C.K.’s Latest Set At the Comedy Cellar, the comedian was met with “wild applause” and “a warm send-off when he left.”
By Sarah Nechamkin
Louis C.K. Performed at the Comedy Cellar (Again) Last Night It’s been about a month since he last showed up at the NYC venue.
By Megh Wright
kanye has spoken
Sept. 27, 2018
Kanye at It Again The Fader , however, edited his remarks on Donald Trump and Alex Jones.
By Dee Lockett
A Comedian Walks Into the Comedy Cellar, Can’t Not Talk About Louis C.K. “It’s not fair that men should lose everything in a flash! And by ‘everything’ I mean hardly anything, and by ‘in a flash’ I mean a decade later.”
By Megh Wright
controversies
Sept. 11, 2018
Norm Macdonald Defends Louis C.K., Chris Hardwick, and Roseanne in New Interview “Of course, people will go, ‘What about the victims?’ But you know what? The victims didn’t have to go through that.”
By Megh Wright
Comedy Cellar Owner Upset With Louis C.K. for Substantially Affecting His Life “We were the place that never did that stuff … And now I’m the national symbol of it.”
By Anne Victoria Clark
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