TMC
06-18-2014, 01:50 AM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/06/17/louie_on_fx_season_finale_pamela_is_great_but_burnishes_myth_of_louis_c.html
Just about everything from Season 4 — from the fat girl speech to Louis CK being a creep to the “Elevator” arc — has been done before, and done better. As Willa Paskin points out, this season’s plots "burnishes Louis C.K., by side-stepping all the gnarly issues the show itself had raised and by allowing C.K. to get credit for exposing himself to his audience… But ‘Louie' this season was not as fresh as it has been in the past—and not just because Louis C.K. said so.” PLUS: The finale felt muddled (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/season-finale-review-louie-pamela-part-2-3-nothing-more-than-feelings), Pamela has proven to be the voice in Louie’s head (http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/louie-pamela-part-2pamela-part-3-205882) come to life, the finale made an important point about gender (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/16/why-i-fell-in-love-with-louie-again-artistic-pretensions-and-all.html), and Louis CK seemed to be more interested in teaching us lessons than making us laugh (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/arts/television/watching-the-season-4-finale-of-louie.html).
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#TDfwm8Pvrm12f3oH.99
Just about everything from Season 4 — from the fat girl speech to Louis CK being a creep to the “Elevator” arc — has been done before, and done better. As Willa Paskin points out, this season’s plots "burnishes Louis C.K., by side-stepping all the gnarly issues the show itself had raised and by allowing C.K. to get credit for exposing himself to his audience… But ‘Louie' this season was not as fresh as it has been in the past—and not just because Louis C.K. said so.” PLUS: The finale felt muddled (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/season-finale-review-louie-pamela-part-2-3-nothing-more-than-feelings), Pamela has proven to be the voice in Louie’s head (http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/louie-pamela-part-2pamela-part-3-205882) come to life, the finale made an important point about gender (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/16/why-i-fell-in-love-with-louie-again-artistic-pretensions-and-all.html), and Louis CK seemed to be more interested in teaching us lessons than making us laugh (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/arts/television/watching-the-season-4-finale-of-louie.html).
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#TDfwm8Pvrm12f3oH.99