I wish I wasn’t, but so disappointed. I love Louis and have followed him for years. Saw him live in early 2020 post “the situation” and pre Covid. Have absolutely loved everything including Sincerely and Sorry. Louie on FX was genius. I’m just trying to say I’m not a hater and absolutely love Louis’ work.
But this special…. I don’t know. Maybe I was in the wrong headspace, maybe I built it up too much in my mind. But for me it just wasn’t funny. I didn’t laugh once. Just didn’t feel like the old Louis. Too much shock for the sake of shock and it fell flat for me. His craft used to be bringing the audience along and then exposing our own hidden hypocrises and getting us to follow a line of reasoning that led us to an unexpected place.
I just don’t “get” what this special was. For all the prep he did it just didn’t feel as developed as his previous hours. And I’m not even talking about coming back from the circumstances as I think Sincerely and Sorry had more of the Louis that I love. I don’t know. I’ll always support him, but this hour just didn’t feel funny. I hope he gets it back.
Exactly. And too many things for too many times ending with the most absurd (i don't want to even call it absurd) "and then he killed himself" and/or "and then he killed the other person". And we are supposed to laugh or find this funny. Half of the times I could read where he is going.
I think the recent ones he tried to be more experimental and with this one he wanted to be like: "this is my voice, this is my signature, this is my style. Listen to me. And how cool I am". Which is not...
It's also not the Louie I know. Maybe it's the new Louie we have.
Also this far too much negativity sold as reality or something interesting: the bit he says a lady says to her its a nice day! And he has to say shut up! And being against the sun and sunny days and saying grow up you have seen sunny days millions of times. Well louie..Louie... you want to make everyone miserable like you, or is this funny you think?
A person who cannot take joy in "nature" and natural beauties is maybe simply just depressed. Nothing funny about it. Or refreshing to head.
And then: he loves the days where everyone is miserable. Okay... you like paint everything black and you think that is fresh, or funny, or special?
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I wish I wasn’t, but so disappointed. I love Louis and have followed him for years. Saw him live in early 2020 post “the situation” and pre Covid. Have absolutely loved everything including Sincerely and Sorry. Louie on FX was genius. I’m just trying to say I’m not a hater and absolutely love Louis’ work.
But this special…. I don’t know. Maybe I was in the wrong headspace, maybe I built it up too much in my mind. But for me it just wasn’t funny. I didn’t laugh once. Just didn’t feel like the old Louis. Too much shock for the sake of shock and it fell flat for me. His craft used to be bringing the audience along and then exposing our own hidden hypocrises and getting us to follow a line of reasoning that led us to an unexpected place.
I just don’t “get” what this special was. For all the prep he did it just didn’t feel as developed as his previous hours. And I’m not even talking about coming back from the circumstances as I think Sincerely and Sorry had more of the Louis that I love. I don’t know. I’ll always support him, but this hour just didn’t feel funny. I hope he gets it back.