Louie and Pamela are dating?!
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With worst possible timing Louis C.K.'s film I Love You, Daddy gets a trailer
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WHAT? Louie is dating Pamela? For real?
Not release the trailer now?
Because you can't really talk about this without mentioning those rumours in the current climate.
I'm sure they're ecstatic with headlines like:
Now Is Not the Time for This Louis C.K. Movie
or
The First Trailer for Louis C.K.s I Love You, Daddy Feels Particularly Icky Amid the Weinstein Fallout
Who knows? I read quite a few reviews of this movie quite a while back and promptly forgot it existed. Not sure why people would assume they accidentally made a movie and accidentally released a trailer.
Was it smart? I dunno.
Well the trailer seems to have gotten Vice to publish this article:
I Got Shut Down While Trying to Report on the Louis C.K. Rumors
But hey, all publicity is good publicity (no, no it's not).
I Got Shut Down While Trying to Report on the Louis C.K. Rumors
But hey, all publicity is good publicity (no, no it's not).
As long as the movie exists those rumors are going to be brought up, regardless of the climate it's seen in. The movie already premiered at TIFF before the Weinstein shit came to light and the CK rumors were mentioned then in reviews.
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
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Looks like quality Louis CK stuff, even if it feels derivative of Manhattan. As to the timing... maybe it will put a few extra butts in the seats.
Trojita
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I thought Louie was along the same lines.
Gif provided without context.
It reminds me of that "Neighborhood Watch" movie that came out shortly after the Trayvon Martian shooting. If I remember correctly they delayed it for some time and even changed the name.They removed the trailer from Florida theaters and altered/deleted some scenes.
Still not enough to save the movie.
Still not enough to save the movie.
Yeah, comedians and their publicists HATE bad PR by the crowd that gets offended by their taking advantage of shitty news.
The controversy this generates will translate to far more discussion, views, and clicks than if it had been released at another time. This is primo, definitely intentional timing for them.
This thread's just reminded me of how fucking good Horace and Pete was. I need to rewatch that.
Not sure on the dating thing, but they're very close friends and he writes and directs on her show.
Look at that dick eating crackers like he owns the place.
No ones going to remember the outrage over a trailer release when the movie comes out. Maybe if the movie was opening this week it would be bad timing, but everyone's talking about the trailer now.
This isn't really a controversy you want associated with your film, sexual misconduct isn't exactly a strong selling point.
And people do actually tend to remember things like that.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
You mean, acting?
the_darkness
Banned
FTFY.
Holy shit at people focusing on Weinstein, Allen and "timing" here when Louis himself is a sex predator.
True Savior
Member
His show already derives so much from Allens work, its not surprising what he is trying to do. Seems interesting.
Can't tell if this is sarcasm or not.
File this one under "No such thing as bad publicity"
My god he's trying super hard to be Allen with the movie.. Really, even B&W and jazz music ??
I love Louis but sometimes he does too much and wants to be some masterpiece auteur. I hated that play he did. That was so fucking snub.
Now his tv shows, not even his own especially, but Better Things and baskets are amazing.
I love Louis but sometimes he does too much and wants to be some masterpiece auteur. I hated that play he did. That was so fucking snub.
Now his tv shows, not even his own especially, but Better Things and baskets are amazing.
I too like to say things without facts.
Source please.
Isn't the movie releasing like one month from now? I can't see any timeframe where releasing this trailer wouldn't be controversial.
TheOohChild
Member
The rumor was originally an unsourced thing people assumed was about Garfunkel and Oats.
People connected it to some comments by Jen Kirkman that she said were not about Louie. (They sure as fuck sounded like they were though)
One of the hosts of Throwing Shade did everything short of saying the rumors were true.
Tig Notaro (someone Louie championed and who makes a show he is an EP [read: a glamor title]) has been less inclined to defend Louie than some expected and has mostly tried to distance herself from him.
His initial response to it was basically people are gonna think what they wanna think which rubbed many the wrong way.
As far as I know, he has no formal accuser for me to believe. I also have no inclination to waste my time defending him either.
If I missed something people can feel free to correct me.
Edit: I left out Roseanne cuz she just says crazy shit. I say that as a big fan. She was said I was a vagenius so I think I have a leg to stand on in not taking her seriously haha. Maybe her claims hold water.
https://www.bing-amp.com/c/s/www.thewrap.com/jen-kirkman-louis-ck/amp/
Edit: Also Tigs show had a scene that drew parallels to the Louie CK rumor in a way that felt pretty straightforward coming from an artist who knows him.
Grasping at straws: the post.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
Can't wait for the thousands of bad takes on Manhattan, in which it is asserted the movie is in favor of its lead character's behavior rather than simply descriptively depicting it and allowing the audience to form their own opinions on it.
aka The Wolf of Wall Street effect
When you have yourself a confirmed source, then you can start throwing around accusations.
SmackDaddy
Member
Ha, looking forward to it. I love all of these actors.
meltingparappa
Member
You missed the hard evidence of a three second contextless gif from a fictional show that he wrote and directed, with Pamela Adlon's character delivering the punchline "You can't even rape well!"
ACTING!
cryptosporidium
Member
Honestly really enjoyed the trailer
IggyChooChoo
Member
There is an awful lot of smoke. I would add that CK has never specifically denied the claim of forcing women to watch him masturbate, and that Notaro brought up stand up comedians who are like Harvey Weinstein last week on Colbert. All this stuff has really put some of Louie's exhibitionistic stuff (that time he flashed the audience in Lucky Louie, his "realistic jerk-off pantomime" bit) in a different light for me. I'm not saying he did it, but it feels very possible.
finowns
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I mean, a lot of things feel very possible. A rich man using his status to sexually harass women? Sounds possible to me.
But there isn't anybody actually accusing Louis CK of anything. The Jen Kirkman thing is the center of all of it, and she's outright denied she was talking about Louis CK in her vague comments that didn't mention anybody by name - people just assumed that is who she was talking about and she's clarified that it wasn't.
The rest is just people reading in to his work with their preferred reading that he is a flasher or sex predator, or just saying 'yeah this feels true'.
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Maybe an accusation will come out later that is more substantial than an anonymous Gawker comment. Right now though, it's like people have just decided that he's a rampant sex offender based on the interpretation of next to nothing.
Naked Snake
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YouTube link for trailer https://youtu.be/zujShZT8_go
The site in the OP gave me trouble playing the video
The site in the OP gave me trouble playing the video
IggyChooChoo
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Tig Notaro clearly believes it. She has been quite angry when interviewers ask about his involvement on the show, and has said he needs to address the issue, not to mention having a boss masturbate in front of an employee on her show, and bringing up stand up comedians who are like Harvey Weinstein on national tv last week. It's certainly true no one has accused Louie, and that Kirkman claimed she wasn't talking about him when she first brought it up. But the rumors are rife. If someone does come forward, it will definitely be described as another "everyone knew" situation.
TheOohChild
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Isn't it possible Tig was frustrated she was losing the spotlight in promoting her new show to field questions about a dude's jerk off habits?