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Louis C.K.'s 'I Love You, Daddy' Trailer and Uncomfortable Timing

from Many Feathered Bird · #68

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Tim plays and reacts to the trailer for Louis C.K.'s shelved film I Love You, Daddy, joking about its eerie thematic overlap with real allegations, before drifting into a joke about Who Took Johnny becoming a musical comedy.

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  • 37:33Tim notes the timing is funny: Louis C.K.'s trailer for 'I Think I Love You Daddy' drops while emulating Woody Allen to an uncomfortable extent, with no actual accusations against Louis himself.
  • 38:10The trailer plays, depicting a wealthy older man and a young woman in his apartment, with lines about her being his daughter and him dating young women.
  • 40:28Tim concedes the movie is fine and funny in a vacuum, but adds that the vacuum is over—context matters.
  • 40:41The timing is toned up just for this moment, he argues, meaning it feels deliberately provocative given current climate.
  • 40:53Tim circles back: nothing's been addressed, but the image of a wealthy Hollywood producer with a young girl is just interesting given what's happening.
  • 41:12He jokes about 'Who Took Johnny' becoming a romantic comedy next, describing it as a bashful delivery boy story—except he's a satanic general who did psyops for the military.
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