Ep1016: SORRY/NOT SORRY (2024) - Movie Review

Kicking the Seat

In the mid-2010s, comedian Louis C.K. was celebrated for his profane and imaginative observational humor, which he shared with fans worldwide via cutting-edge standup, TV shows, and movies. At the height of the #MeToo movement, his career was destroyed by allegations of inappropriate conduct going back decades--conduct that he did not deny (after he got caught).

The new documentary, Sorry/Not Sorry, by co-directors Cara Mones and Caroline Suh profiles three of the women who came forward, while also chronicling the culture of open secrets and opportunism that was perpetuated by C.K. and a who's who of comedy giants. In today's episode (which runs longer than the doc itself), Ian and Jeff break open a film that has the investigative cache of being a New York Times production--but which misses several glaring areas where a deep dive (and/or pushback) would have painted a less propagandistic picture.

The guys talk about C.K. as an artist, a power-broker, and a deviant who needed therapy rather than enabling; Mones and Suh's dancing around their subjects' agency; and whether or not cancel culture exists (the jury may be out until this episode goes up!).

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Show Links

• Watch the Sorry/Not Sorry (2024) trailer.

• Read Jeff's Sorry/Not Sorry review at The Establishing Shot!

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