hi my name is Atia Janssens and I talk about
things so I wanted to talk about louis
c.k today first of all I liked his
comedy a lot if I could find it
anywhere I would always look for it and
I thought it was really funny so I
really really liked it especially his
modern things so in the last few years
but then the whole scandal came out
according to what happened with #metoo
and so on and well first of all he
admitted to what he did so and then he
went into a rehab facility or something
and after now about a year he's come
back and he's performing again so a lot
of people have posed the question should
he be back
should he return to his old job should
he just be able to just start where he
left off and I mean no one is saying
he's supposed to go to prison or
something for it because like the ladies
the women didn't press any charges I
don't think, yeah what he did I
don't know if he could go to prison for
it I don't think so but he took he
decided himself that he wanted to take
time out and he wanted to "listen"
he's come back and he's performing as a
basically a surprise act so people who
go in there are they can expect that
someone will perform that they don't
know about before but they don't know
that it's going to be Louis CK so
that means that the people who go there
it's more difficult for them to opt out of it
so it's not like they know "oh okay
this is the program Louis CK is going to
be there I don't want to be there so I
don't buy the ticket" he just comes up
there and it's with other comedians also
like other comedians also make surprise
appearances and it is known that that
can happen and that will happen so
people could also expect that it could
be louis CK the question is
if should reenter his job shouldn't he
be doing it by selling tickets so being
like "okay this is me I'm going to
perform again, do you want to buy
some tickets" and then people can
actively decide "oh okay I wanna go back
and watch his comedy and I'm fine with
it" and then they can spend their money
on him then you can see how successful
he is and if it makes sense for him to
return fully. in this way he's kind of
pushing himself on people the same way
that he did on the women so it kind of
gives the feeling like he didn't
understand what it was all about. but I
think this whole discussion is out of
place anyway we are not at that point
yet we cannot already be talking about
him returning without thinking about
should he be returning at all so he left
himself saying that he wanted to listen
and I think if he was truly feeling
ashamed and guilty over what he did, this
should have been a learning experience
for him at the very least he should
express it and address it in his comedy
he should show through his content that
he learned what he did wrong and that he
learned about consent and about
boundaries and about yeah everything
that came out in the #metoo debate and
that's what he owesas a public
figure I don't want an apology from him
he can apologise to the women directly
but I don't think the public has any
right or even a need to be part of that
he shouldn't apologize to us he should
show that he learned from it because
there is no framework there is nothing
that we can say okay now you've learned
it and it's done or something there's
not a process yet but he could have and
he has the talent to do it, he could have
addressed it in his comedy and it could
have been a real big step for everyone
to see oh okay this is how you can do it
and if he really wanted to go the extra
mile, if he really wanted to show that
he is sorry then he could have invited
one of the victims or all of them or
anyone who wants to to come on stage
with him and have a serious conversation
about it, a public conversation about it to
be like hey this is what happened this
is what I did
and I want to learn what I did wrong why
it was wrong and I want to also show
that to the public because as a public
figure I feel the responsibility that
what I did was wrong and I don't want it to
have a bad impact so I want to correct
it by doing this and if his victims want
to participate in this that would have
been great and I think he has the talent
to make it work to not just make it a
really good learning experience but also
make it entertaining he could have done
that and I think he missed a big chance
here
it's a huge lost opportunity what he did
he had already done that he can't return
it he can't erase it and people are
going to even if he had done all of that
people would still decide not to visit
his programs anymore that would have
happened anyway but he could have with
this step did a great public service for
everyone and it is painful it is
embarrassing and it takes a lot of
courage to do that, yes it takes all the
qualities that his victims had to come
forward and that would have been
respectful to them to say "okay I will
put myself and this painful situation
because I did this to you
so now I will go through this whole motion
and I will confront this as because I am
truly sorry for what I did" and he talked
about in his recent sketch he talked
about the Parkland students about dead
children and all of that and the thing
is I think you can joke about everything
I don't think the joke was funny but
what made it difficult is that he said
oh he the only thing that can make
people forget that he "jizzed" in front of
women was a joke about dead children but
it didn't work did it? we still remember
so I'm not saying you can't make jokes
like that, you can, but they were not up
to his level of wittiness or his actual
serious social criticism that he used to
do they were cheap and they were
punching down on kids and with an
incredible trauma who have done
incredible activism afterwards that
there was no need- or there was no
requirement for them to do but they did
it anyway so if you want to make that
kind of joke the content should have
been... the obvious logic is that you
should convince any people who are
pro-gun the only thing that can convince
them to change their mind is not even
children dying, its children who didn't
die shaming them about it that's the
only thing that can change them and this
could have been the content of the joke
what he could have done and that would
have been ... with that message with a
platform from suit Louis CK it would
have been better I would say it would
have been wittier, it would have
taken more skill than this this is the
joke that anyone can do so it's a bit
below this level I feel like well it
wouldn't have been scandalous enough I guess
to make people talk about this instead
of what he did to the women I think he can
still turn it around if he truly wants
to make up for his actions he could show
a way how to work through revelation like
that and if you're in public life yeah
it's not for anyone to do this like it
not everyone could do this but he had
the chance and I think he still has a
chance to turn it around and he
can still make it better. I hope he does
because he has the intelligence and he
has creativity to do that and other
people have tried it and I give them a
lot of credit for it, there are two
stories about that in the description
below so I hope you will read them and
yeah that was my take on Louis CK
and how he has handled his sexual
assault allegations
