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attempted comeback story: Its not an attempt anymore.
Nearly a year after he admitted that themultiple sexual-misconduct allegationsleveled against himwere true, C.K.
Its black people, it turns out.
Theyll stick by you, and I think even hell you’re able to survive.
Hell is not that bad.
Speaking out gets even more complicated for women in the club scene.
Stand-up Nikki Glaser, another Cellar comic, shared some prescient thoughts shortly after the C.K.
news broke last year.
Just saying my fears have been confirmed.
Branum and Glasers points help contextualize why,two monthsdeep into reportson theseC.K.sets, comedians have keptmostlysilent.
Thats not to say no one has spoken out against C.K.
on Twitter, while Ted Alexandro, who has opened for C.K.
before, made headlines when hedelivered a scathing set about C.K.
and Bill Cosby at the Cellar last month.
Is that where we are as a culture?
Others have called for accountability and structural changes in the wake of the C.K.
Those of us who possess influence have the ability and responsibility to see that they are.
But naw, its about how he lost a grip of money.
Not in New York, LA or any city in between.
There are plenty of stages and plenty of microphones.
Mostly, other comedians specifically other male comedians, but also women just dont care, he says.
Thats why I never expected this boycott to become a big thing, he says.
Theres also the fact that performing at established comedy clubs, like Carolines and the Cellar, where C.K.
has been showing up, is a goal and, when obtained, a huge accomplishment for stand-ups.
Why should comedians like those sharing a lineup with C.K.
As weve seen each time C.K.
has performed, the responsibility gets passed around from clubs to comediansto the audienceand back again.
This cycle will probably continue as C.K.
adds theater dates, builds an hour, and eventually, self-releases his next comedy special.
Meanwhile, a different cycle continues for the women who came forward with their stories about C.K.
of sexual misconduct, wrote earlier this year.
Ive received death threats, been berated, judged, ridiculed, dismissed, shamed, and attacked.
Its been a year since theNYTreport on C.K.
Like this entire fucking discussion has hinged on, When does Louis get to come back?
and almost never on, How do we make our scene safer?
