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No laughing matter: comedy in the wake of #MeToo

The #MeToo movement has revealed the widespread extent of sexual harassment, and brought down comedy legends like Louis CK. What impact will it have on the comedy industry as a whole?

4 Apr 2018 12:00

Richard Watts

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Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Festival Club. Photo Credit: Jim Lee Photo.

In the wake of Weinstein and #MeToo, recent months have seen several high-profile male comedians challenged over reprehensible incidents and patterns of behaviour, with the likes of American comic, actor and Emmy Award Winner Louis CK called out and publicly shamed.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts