'The message this award sends to C.K.'s victims and other female comics and comedy writers is that their cries will fall on deaf ears – and might well backfire,' writes comedian Mona Shaikh.
It was November 2021. I was in New York City for the NY Comedy Festival when I was invited by a comedian friend to the Comedy Cellar. Being invited was the only way I could have gotten in. It’s the only way anyone can get in: by knowing the right people. So there I was, part of the inner circle, claiming a coveted spot among comedians mingling with other comedians… and sitting across from Louis C.K.
I thought, “How is this guy allowed at the club after his five finger shuffle in front of unsuspecting innocent women?” After all, this was a prestigious comedy club. It had no shortage of great and famous comedians to put onstage and put butts in seats. Why him?
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