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Louis C.K.: Shameless (2007) poster

2007 · comedy · tv-movie · music

Louis C.K.: Shameless

Directed by Steven J. Santos57m2007

Louis C.K. is back on HBO in an ALL-NEW hour of raw no-holds-barred stand-up comedy! The creator and star of the 2006 comedy series Lucky Louie, performs in front of a live audience in LA at the Henry Fonda Theater. Louis C.K. covers issues near and dear to his heart like marriage, lying to your spouse, having kids and losing your privacy, and obligatory sex among husbands and wives.

Our read: Louis C.K.: Shameless (2007) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · tv-movie · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / tv-movie, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb8.59k
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • cold
  • intimate
  • funny
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DNA · twelve axes

How Louis C.K. feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want raw marriage-and-parenting stand-up that stays uncomfortably honest throughout.”

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upexplicit sexcringe humiliation

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