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What Happens to Cancelled Men Like Spacey, C.K., and Weinstein
from Stewed Reunion (with Mike Recine) · #74
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2 minThey speculate about Kevin Spacey's post-scandal life, joke about Louis C.K. making room for female comedians, and question the industry's true motives behind replacing disgraced men.
- 45:25Tim asks what Kevin Spacey is doing now after cancellation, whether he can go to restaurants.
- 45:41Cancelled figures like Spacey can move to Europe or South America and probably travel most places in the country without being bothered.
- 45:57Louis C.K. is making room for the next wave of female comedians, according to Tim's understanding of how people think success works.
- 46:14Tim argues that the idea of one person's cancellation making room for another is a childlike fantasy about how success actually happens.
- 46:36The realistic explanation for replacing cancelled figures is profit motive: somebody needs to make money, not that morality is driving the system.