Louis C.K.'s Comedy Cellar return has divided the comedy world.
C.K.'s 15-minute set of new material on Sunday was his first since confirming 
long-standing rumors of sexual misconduct last November.
Some of the most savage Twitter takedowns of his return came from comedy veterans
 like Elayne Boosler and Kathy Griffin.
Boosler questioned why C.K. failed to address his admitted misconduct during his return,
 tweeting in part, 
And Griffin — who is touring the U.S. again after her own career was sidelined by a photo
 the star holding a fake beheaded Donald Trump — said this:
And comedian Paul F. Tompkins echoed Boosler, tweeting, 
But among C.K.'s contemporaries, Michael Ian Black was the rare voice open to a path 
of redemption. He tweeted, 
Black spent much of Tuesday fielding angry rebuttals on Twitter. And eventually ended up
 apologizing. He said, 
Michael Che also voiced support for C.K. In a series of statements posted to Instagram, 
he argued that C.K. has already paid a price. He also said,
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