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I Love You, Daddy - Premiere Cancelled

TenderMercies — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 23:31:55 GMT

Producers of the new film, "I Love You, Daddy" cancelled this evenings premiere in NYC after a NY Times article was published about the film's star, Louis CK, and his inappropriate conduct with women over the years. Another Hollywood career gone down the drain.

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MickD — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 23:34:52 GMT

He gives me the heebeejeebies too.

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jaxs mom — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 23:35:19 GMT

So he gets to take down the whole production and all the work put in by the rest of the cast, production team, film crew, writers ect?

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Nancy Drew — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 23:32:20 GMT

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TenderMercies — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 23:51:34 GMT

@jaxs mom wrote:
So he gets to take down the whole production and all the work put in by the rest of the cast, production team, film crew, writers ect?

Production on the film was finished, so at least everyone got paid. The only ones who will lose out will be the studio and/or producers who invested in the film.

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Annabellethecat66 — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:13:40 GMT

It must be so difficult and scary to be a person who has anything to do with making TV or movies.

I'm just thinking (like some have said) they loose all of the work they put into these shows because some person was an idiot.

There are going to be so many people (i.e. writers, producers, lighting, scenery and on and on) who won't have work because of the ignorance of these people (I'm including some females too).

Although it hasn't come out much, I'm sure there were females in business and in TV and movies who abused their power too.

What is it with these people? Good grief! I think this is still just the beginning.

I was watching TMZ and they talked with Diana Nyad a world class swimmer who's written a book and gives inspirational speeches. She talked about how so many coaches abuse children (she was among them abused).

She said to Harvey at TMZ, "Remember when we were kids we could play outside and and our parents didn't worry"? He said, "Yes, I sure do". I'm 71 and I (like many of you) remember that and more.

She said, "Maybe one day we'll get back to that". He said, "Well Diana, I'd like to think so, but I'm afraid those days are probably long gone".

Sad, isn't it?

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Pearlee — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:16:19 GMT

What I don't like now is that mere accusations are ruining careers. I'm all for ruining the career of a se*ual predator, but once it's been proven, not by mere accusations.

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TenderMercies — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:20:27 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
What I don't like now is that mere accusations are ruining careers. I'm all for ruining the career of a se*ual predator, but once it's been proven, not by mere accusations.

In this instance, some of the accusers have emails from C.K. which contain apologies for his behavior. I recommend reading the article on The NY Times website. It’s shocking.

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jaxs mom — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:39:49 GMT

@TenderMercies wrote:
@jaxs mom wrote:
So he gets to take down the whole production and all the work put in by the rest of the cast, production team, film crew, writers ect?
Production on the film was finished, so at least everyone got paid. The only ones who will lose out will be the studio and/or producers who invested in the film.

The people who have contracts that include a percentage of the box office ect are going to effected.

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TenderMercies — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 01:35:44 GMT

@jaxs mom wrote:
@TenderMercies wrote:
@jaxs mom wrote:
So he gets to take down the whole production and all the work put in by the rest of the cast, production team, film crew, writers ect?
Production on the film was finished, so at least everyone got paid. The only ones who will lose out will be the studio and/or producers who invested in the film.
The people who have contracts that include a percentage of the box office ect are going to effected.

That wouldn’t be relevant in a small, independently produced film like this. Hollywood stars and directors will often negotiate a box office percentage in contracts for big movies or opt out of a salary and take a box office percentage alone. That just doesn’t happen in indies. Really the person who stands to lose the most here is C.K., because he is not only the director, star, writer, and one of the producers of the film, his own production company, Circus King, financed and shot it. Like they say in the movie, The Producers:

Max: The two cardinal rules of producing are one: Never put your own money in the show.
Leo: And two?
Max: [yelling] Never put your own money in the show!

Apparently, C.K. didn’t see that one. Karma?

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TenderMercies — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 22:46:41 GMT

Well, that didn’t take long. Louis C.K. released a statement saying that all the alllegations of inappropriate behavior are true. At least he admitted it unlike Weinstein and Spacey who basically have gone into hiding. I imagine there will be some lawsuits and/or settlements.

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culebra — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:00:44 GMT

I am a little concerned that mere accusations are killing careers totally also. I do not think that sexual harrassment is ever appropriate, but we do not know these people either.

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TenderMercies — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:04:41 GMT

@culebra Like I said in my last post, he admitted it. He said, “These stories are true.” What more do you need?

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culebra — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:13:43 GMT

@TenderMercies

I did not know he had admitted it. He brought it on himself. He should have behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner.

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I like celery — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:39:55 GMT

Louis C.K.'s statement:

"I want to address the stories told to the New York Times by five women named Abby, Rebecca, Dana, Julia who felt able to name themselves and one who did not.

These stories are true. At the time, I said to myself that what I did was okay because I never showed a woman my ****** without asking first, which is also true. But what I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them to look at your ****** isn’t a question. It’s a predicament for them. The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly.

I have been remorseful of my actions. And I've tried to learn from them. And run from them. Now I’m aware of the extent of the impact of my actions. I learned yesterday the extent to which I left these women who admired me feeling badly about themselves and cautious around other men who would never have put them in that position.

I also took advantage of the fact that I was widely admired in my and their community, which disabled them from sharing their story and brought hardship to them when they tried because people who look up to me didn't want to hear it. I didn't think that I was doing any of that because my position allowed me not to think about it.

There is nothing about this that I forgive myself for. And I have to reconcile it with who I am. Which is nothing compared to the task I left them with.

I wish I had reacted to their admiration of me by being a good example to them as a man and given them some guidance as a comedian, including because I admired their work.

The hardest regret to live with is what you've done to hurt someone else. And I can hardly wrap my head around the scope of hurt I brought on them. I’d be remiss to exclude the hurt that I’ve brought on people who I work with and have worked with who’s professional and personal lives have been impacted by all of this, including projects currently in production: the cast and crew of Better Things, Baskets, The Cops, One Mississippi, and I Love You Daddy. I deeply regret that this has brought negative attention to my manager Dave Becky who only tried to mediate a situation that I caused. I’ve brought anguish and hardship to the people at FX who have given me so much The Orchard who took a chance on my movie. and every other entity that has bet on me through the years.
I’ve brought pain to my family, my friends, my children and their mother.

I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen.

Thank you for reading."

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SANNA — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 16:44:51 GMT

Good, he is a very unpleasant individual. Also maybe the others will learn from all of these career failures.

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deedledeedeedle — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 19:55:05 GMT

Good!

Has anybody heard if One Mississipi (Amazon) will be affected? LCK is the Executive Producer. The star/writer called him out in a Season 2 episode, btw. The script must have snuck by him.

dee

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deedledeedeedle — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 20:05:39 GMT

LCK's "problem" was very well known within the comedy circuit. I remember Roseanne calling him out on it once. Many other comedians have confirmed his outrageous behavior.

He always creeped me out. He is the same sort as Lenny Bruce, Andrew Dice Clay, and George Carlin. Those 3 did not hold any respect for women at all, and apparently neither does LCK.

dee

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Pearlee — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 20:32:26 GMT

@TenderMercies wrote:
@culebra Like I said in my last post, he admitted it. He said, “These stories are true.” What more do you need?

My post above and I assume @culebra's post also is a general statement about the harrassment claims, and not directed particularly to Louis C. K.

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Reever — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 20:46:12 GMT

George Takai has recently had an allegation thrown his way by a younger man. The man said George sexually assaulted him - a former model (in his early 20s at the time).

George is denying it. Who do we believe ?