Opinion: This film is chilling reminder of how ‘not sorry’ Louis C.K. is

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‘Sorry/Not Sorry’ is a testament to how little has changed for women in the comedy world or beyond since the 2017 firestorm over Louis C.K. and subsequent allegations of sexual misconduct by other comedians, writes Sara Stewart.

“Sorry/Not Sorry,” in theaters Friday, revisits the 2017 comedy-world firestorm involving five women’s accounts of sexual misconduct by comedian Louis C.K. and the aftermath in which he was welcomed back onstage. Unsurprisingly, it lands pretty definitively on “not sorry.” The documentary, from directors Caroline Suh and Cara Mones and produced by the New York Times, features interviews with some of the women involved in outing C.K.: comedian Jen Kirkman, whose accounts of C.K.

“When people haven’t lived through that or experienced it in any way, for some reason this particular act is really tossed aside as though it’s just this person exposing themselves and they’re ‘just a weirdo’ and just ‘leave the room.’ … We wanted to show that you can be assaulted without even being touched.” Meanwhile in the world of very famous male comics, Dave Chappelle took aim at Schachner in a standup special, saying she had a “brittle-ass spirit.

 

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