Rebecca Corry interview Posted without comment
https://variety.com/2022/streaming/news/rebecca-corry-speaks-up-comedian-louis-ck-grammys-dogs-1235233799/ On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 6:23 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > That’s about the worst analysis I’ve seen yet. He won a Grammy for > material that mocked his own behavior. CK didn’t rehabilitate himself or > his career; his career merely shifted course. He’s an ass. The people who > nominated and voted for him are the same ilk as those who gave Will Smith a > standing ovation. It’s why all these award shows need to go away or at > least go back to being private, industry events. It’s not even that we are > seeing how the sausage is made; it is that we are seeing how amoral the > sausage makers truly are, and the more we see that, the more people will go > vegan. > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 5:14 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think Alyssa Rosenberg at the WaPo has it about right (extended fair >> use excerpts below): >> >> >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/05/louis-ck-grammy-not-a-defeat-for-metoo/ >> >> “It’s natural to feel a flare of disgust when a disgraced man is given a >> shot at a professional comeback — and there’s no doubt that was the >> reaction of many viewers when Louis C.K. won best comedy album at the >> Grammys this past weekend.But C.K.’s triumph is no outrage. It might even >> be a sign of a healthy new normal… >> > >> Deciding which offenders deserve career rehabilitation and under which >> circumstances will always be fraught. But in C.K.’s case, the entertainment >> industry seems to have gotten it right… >> >> The results aren’t always going to be satisfactory. But acknowledging a >> performer’s enormous talents while limiting his ability to make full use of >> them seems a fair punishment. Louis C.K.’s Grammy isn’t a defeat for the >> #MeToo movement. It’s a sign that the reckoning, in this case, has stuck.“ >> >> >> >> On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 at 9:16 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Well, I guess I am arguing for more of a continuum between fully >>> “cancelled” and fully back. LCK does not yet seem fully back, and I’m not >>> convinced he deserves permanent full cancellation, though I am open to >>> being persuaded otherwise. >>> >>> On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 at 7:43 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have difficulty seeing Louis as cancelled if he's still booking gigs >>>> as a standup. I recognize that some would consider any loss of >>>> professional standing as cancellation. I'm not in that group. >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> On Monday, April 4, 2022, 07:10:51 AM PDT, PGage <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> [I think I’m using that British term correctly] >>>> >>>> >>>> I’m not sure about this: I’m not sure that winning a comedy album >>>> Grammy is the marker of being back. He is selling out dates on his >>>> Euro-tour, but that is not quite the same as being back to where he was 5 >>>> years ago, which was close to the very top of his field. >>>> >>>> >>>> I wouldn’t buy a ticket to see him, especially since he is apparently >>>> using his show to make light of what he did. But I’m not sure what he did >>>> deserves a lifetime ban or the full Harvey Weinstein. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> “Louis C.K. brought home a Grammy on Sunday despite having admitted to >>>> sexual misconduct and subsequently enduring almost five years in >>>> professional comedy purgatory. >>>> >>>> C.K.'s album, Sincerely Louis C.K., beat out five other nominees — >>>> including Lewis Black, Kevin Hart and Chelsea Handler — for best comedy >>>> album at the 64th Grammy Awards. The comeback album was his first release >>>> since the 54-year-old was accused of masturbating in front of multiple >>>> female colleagues in November 2017….” >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.npr.org/2022/04/04/1090743278/louis-c-k-crawls-out-of-cancellation-wins-a-grammy-and-triggers-a-backlash >>>> -- >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1622284940.839717.1649083401412%40mail.yahoo.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1622284940.839717.1649083401412%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BmhoCaVRwtRhQsKfwN8hhtzpPXnqiqkaGvcNFRaE%2BBxA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BmhoCaVRwtRhQsKfwN8hhtzpPXnqiqkaGvcNFRaE%2BBxA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. 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