Like it or not, the next phase of #MeToo seems to be upon us.
Though it’s been just under a year since the movement’s inception, some of the high-profile men that #MeToo exposed already appear to think it’s comeback season. And that raises an important and inevitable question: How long in exile is enough?
Louis C.K. popped into the Comedy Cellar for a 15-minute set on Sunday, where his performance sounds, almost jarringly, to have copped a business-as-usual tone. Yet he was greeted with an ovation by the audience.
Recall the allegations the comedian admitted were true involved him cornering young female comics and masturbating in front of them. And over a prolonged period of time. The immediate professional consequences for him were harsh, but not too harsh, given that this all came to light less than 10 months ago.
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