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Louis C.K. sells out both Manhattan shows at the Beacon Theater over the weekend.Photo by ET Rodriguez<\/p>\nSTDs, putting your parents in a nursing home, diarrhea and other taboo subjects; nothing was off limits for Louis C.K., one of the most iconic comedians of our time.\n<\/p>\n
Closing out the 21st annual New York Comedy Festival, the comedian brought his new tour \u201cRidiculous\u201d to the Beacon Theater in Manhattan on Nov. 15. In his typical style, C.K. opened with a gut-puncher to a sold-out house of nearly 3,000 seats and had the audience roaring into the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI got an AIDS test today,\u201d he said as the crowd murmured. \u201cI haven\u2019t had sex in years. I just wanted some good news.\u201d The audience burst into laughter. As they quieted, C.K. took a beat and said, \u201cTurns out I have AIDS.\u201d<\/p>\n
Midway through the set, he had an audience call back.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so old,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cHow old are you?\u201d the audience replied.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so old my mother\u2019s dead.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
C.K.\u2019s comedy takes a magnifying glass to the horribly mundane and ubiquitous moments of life, preying on the quiet thoughts of humanity that reek of insecurity and self-consciousness. His words flow like a monologue and right when the audience thinks he\u2019s going left, he makes a U-turn and flies to the moon. Laden with hilarious discomfort, his jokes are abominable in the funniest way. From a bee getting shot in NYC to an orgy with gay rats, C.K.\u2019s mind goes to take out the trash and runs away with the garbage truck.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis comedy is heinous,\u201d said Ethan from Westchester who currently resides in NYC. Despite laughing the entire set, he admitted not being too familiar with C.K. \u201cI\u2019m not really a fan, but my uncle is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has a keen perspective on life, but I thought the Holocaust joke was too much,\u201d said Ethan\u2019s uncle, who did not want to give his name and who booed loudly when the comedian told a controversial joke comparing someone to looking like a Holocaust survivor.<\/p>\n
Louis C.K. sells out both Manhattan shows at the Beacon Theater over the weekend.Photo by ET Rodriguez<\/p>\n
\u201cRidiculous,\u201d which kicked off in Canada this spring, is the comic\u2019s first headlining show in NYC since \u201cBack to the Garden\u201d at Madison Square Garden in 2023. Although he\u2019s four decades into his career and had his first one-hour special, \u201cShameless\u201d in 2007, it was his hit TV show \u201cLouie\u201d which debuted in 2010 that captivated audiences and skyrocketed him to fame. But the comedian hasn\u2019t been without his controversies.<\/p>\n
In the height of the MeToo movement in 2017, C.K. was called out by several women who accused him of performing lascivious sex acts in front of them, as reported by the New York Times<\/a>. C.K. owned up to the allegations almost immediately in a statement widely published across several media outlets.<\/p>\n \u201cThese stories are true,\u201d he wrote. \u201cBut what I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them to look at your d\u2014 isn\u2019t a question. It\u2019s a predicament for them. The power I had over these women was that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly.\u201d<\/p>\n Consequently, he was dropped by Netflix, FX and HBO and disappeared from the limelight. In the following years, he worked at some smaller clubs, but made his big return to the stage in 2020 with his special \u201cSincerely,\u201d where he addressed the allegations in the only way he knew how \u2014 with his signature dark and self-effacing humor.<\/p>\n \u201cDo you understand how lucky you are? That people don\u2019t know your [expletive] thing?,\u201d he said in his stand-up. \u201c\u2019Cause everybody knows my thing now. Obama knows my thing. Do you understand how that feels? To know that Obama was like, \u2018Good Lord.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n C.K.\u2019s quick apology and openness resonated with fans, and like a phoenix from the ashes, he returned to his pedestal of fame and adoration. \u201cSincerely\u201d won a Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Louis C.K.\u2019s first novel, \u201cIngram\u201d was released this month and available for sale at his show.Photo ET Rodriguez<\/p>\n