rant · moment 15 of 21
The Comedy Mob Taking Down Louis CK
from Integrity Belongs In East Timor · #130
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
5 minA long, central rant about how people relish tearing down successful people using whatever angle is available (joke-stealing for Mancia/Schumer, masturbation for Louis, hackiness for Larry the Cable Guy), and how bloggers profit from manufactured outrage.
- 54:16Tim argues that critics attacking Louis CK for having money reveal their real resentment of his success.
- 54:41Taking someone down is a way for failed people to elevate themselves.
- 54:55Tim pities journalists and bloggers who built careers on hatred, saying a single article bought them ramen.
- 55:18Other comedians who turned on Louis CK don't understand what stand-up actually is.
- 55:32Hollywood figures throw others under the bus to signal virtue and stay on top—they don't understand integrity.
- 55:57Judd Apatow attacked Louis CK while defending Josh Homme's camera kick at a concert, inconsistently applying his standards.
- 56:50Judd argued Homme should be sensitive because his concert was hit in the Paris terrorist attack.
- 57:39Integrity means saying you think someone is terrible but defending their right to make dark jokes that make audiences laugh.
- 58:06Many successful people got where they are without integrity, which makes them quick to destroy others.
- 58:48Paul Feig surrounded himself with talented people and paid them, but that doesn't mean he was creatively essential.
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