Mostly on your side here Red Slinger, I agree he shouldn't be lumped in with the Weinsteins and the Cosbys of the world. But I think a longer, multi-year hiatus would have done him better. The longer he stayed away, the more endearing he would have been in a comeback.
The tough thing is, for comedians, this is their therapy. Or was. How they express themselves is through jokes. And the vast majority can do random sets in crap towns or small open mics and not really get noticed. Even a very famous one going in to do a random set at a new york comedy club is not uncommon or going to be a very talked about thing. But he can't do that. He has no method of venting that he likely feels comfortable with so he goes back to stand up, probably trying to remain as anonymous as possible, but thats pretty much impossible for him now.
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