Yup. Before it became clear that Louis CK is a creep, he seemed woke, both on stage and in life. He was generous to young performers and he leaned fairly hard into making his profession better for non-white dudes. He hired and worked with a more diverse group of people than most of his peers. It’s that, at least for me, that’s making his comeback so shitty. Apparently, the guy he seemed to be he wasn’t at all.
It’s unclear to me what he might do, if anything, to make things right but whatever that might be it’s not what he’s been doing. I get that his brand is bad taste but making it right simply can’t be done in bad taste. Actual change, at this point, can’t lean on a (however small) the reservoir of good inherent in his bad taste shtick. At this point, the best thing he might do is go hide under a rock and keep his mouth shut. A new career that doesn’t involve other people might be in order . . . graveyard digger, fire watching, or mine field cleanup.
