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Showerthought: I watched the whole Louis C.K. comeback special and then his 2016 set back to back.
The 2016 stuff felt raw and honest, even the bad parts. The new hour just seemed like he was checking boxes for an apology tour. It made me think forced public statements never really fix the core issue. Has anyone else seen a comeback that actually felt genuine?
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thea_mitchell202d agoTop Commenter
Watching that whole thing made me think of a local comic from years back. He had a real bad fall from grace after some jokes went too far at a charity show. His comeback set was all sad piano music and talking about therapy, but you could tell he was just reading the room. The guy who replaced him at the open mic the next week, though, just told his normal, slightly messed up jokes and got a real laugh. It was a weird contrast.
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the_rose1d agoMost Upvoted
Man, that hits close to home. I once tried to be super sincere after a mistake and it just felt like bad acting. The forced apology is always way louder than just quietly doing better work.
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Ugh, I read an interview with a musician who got canceled. He said he spent a year just playing small shows without any press, trying to remember why he started. That slow crawl back felt way more real than any big apology special, you know?
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