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Eyelid, Neck and Eyebrow Lift - I Was Pleasantly Surprised - Ontario, CA
I had eyelid and neck procedure with the eyebrow lift on January 4,2010. As a man having this procedure done, I was somewhat reluctant, however,my experience was exceptional in that the doctors and staff were all extremely professional and the results, I must say,I am totally happy with. My... READ MORE
So Glad I Did It! - Roseville, CA
I didn't like looking in the mirror and seeing a woman who looked older than I felt. I had seen the infomercials on TV, and talked my husband into going in to a consultation at LSL and we both signed up. I signed up for upper and lower eyelids in addition to the neck with the LSL. I agree... READ MORE
Defintely Worth It - Reston, VA
Got rid of my turkey neck - I am 62 and tired of everyone commenting on how tired I looked. The inconvenience was minimal - 3 days of discomfort- sleeping on pillows and wrapped tightly. The feeling of numbness on one ear for about 5 weeks was bothersome but it did go away. I work in a large... READ MORE
Not Worth It - FAIL - Seattle, WA
I Wanted to get rid of my "turkey neck". Drank the Kook Aid in their promotions. Took much longer than expected to heal and they messed up my earlobes. After just 6 MONTHS, my turkey neck is coming back. Not worth it . . . doesn't last. READ MORE
painful - Waltham, MA
I have never had so much discomfort in my neck area as I have now. It's been two years and I feel like someone has their hands around my neck and chocking me at all times. VANITY is not worth it. People have died from this procedure. I wish I would have reviewed my facts more carefully... READ MORE
It Was Quite an Experience - Phoenix, AZ
I am a few months from 70 and it has been six weeks since surgery and I am pleased as punch. I went into this just to have my turkey neck removed as it had been hanging there for a few years, but didn't realize how much the procedure would change my life. I am so happy with the results that... READ MORE
Love my Lift - Fort Myers, FL
I would say hell yes go for it I love mine. I am a stylist, all of My clients say wow you. Look great what Happen, I tell everyone , I could not believe how you see the results right away. I love the way I look natural ,younger I even got my dimples back my sister is going to get one too.no pain... READ MORE
Lucky Me! - Dallas, TX
I went in somewhat clueless, signed up, had the surgery and LOVE the results. Recovery was slow but worth it. There was more pain than I expected. Recovery took longer. I do have scars and numbness and it's been 2 months. There were minor issues, but the Dallas staff took great care of me -... READ MORE
Love my New Look! - Tampa, FL
Pros: I love the fact that my turkey neck is gone. Jowls were made smaller and my face is contoured more, with less roundness. I'm glad I didn't read this website before my procedure, because I may have not had it. I really like my new look and it isn't something that is drastically... READ MORE
Yep, It Was Worth It! - Troy, MI
I had lost weight, there were months of stress prior to my decision, my neck, smile lines were really showing the burden I had been going through. I always had deep smile lines compared to others my age and I always wanted to do something about them. This 'lift' seems to be just what I... READ MORE
So Thankful, Would Do It Again, I Look at Least 12-15 Years Younger - Beverly Hills
Everything went very well, professional, down time was minimal,really the pain was not that bad, the results are great, i only had the life style lift 9/19/2010. Here is my story i will show a picture of before i got sick, what the medication did to me, how it aged me, then what the life... READ MORE
I'm Very Content With Results - Arizona
I had the LL in 2008 and am very satisfied with the results and my follow-up patient treatment. Even now the incisions behind my ears are still sensitive (I had to get steroid inj. for keloid scars)and it took about 6 months to really see the final results of my "family jowls, puppet-mouth... READ MORE
Worth Waiting For and Being Patient with Recovery - Tennessee
I wasn't really prepared for what I going to experience the first two weeks. However, now four weeks later and I can honestly say that I would recommend LifeStyle Lift. I no longer have a turkey neck and the gowls are gone! However, if you had asked me a couple of weeks ago, I could not have... READ MORE
Just Be Prepared - Orlando
I had a lifestyle life neck and face and a laser treatment. No way was I prepared for the pain that would be involved and the recovery time. They gave me about 30 painful Novocain shots in my face and sliced me all around my ears. Hearing them cut off skin was disgusting! It took almost two... READ MORE
Age 59, Sagging Chin - Don't Do It, Pay the Extra and Get It Done Right!
I normally heal fairly well,they falsely tell you that you can go back to work in as little as a week,maybe if your in a closet. I needed to looker a bit younger mostly under my chin area, aat age 59. I could not and would not tell anyone to do this procedure the doctor and the customer... READ MORE
I am very happy with my results-Atlanta, GA
I had mine done in Atlanta, GA in June 2010. I got married in August 2010 and wanted to look the best I could for my wedding. I'm 58 years old and my husband in 5 years younger. Many people tell me that I look younger than him. There were no surprises. I have worked for physicians for... READ MORE
lifestyle lift is a horrible,painful experience ! do not use it - San Ramon, CA
The only 'con' that I have to say is that it is cheaper than the usual facelift. It is the most painful experience I ever went thru with 15+ needles being jammed in your face after you've only had 30mg of Valium, 1 Darvocette and a pill for nausea. They gave me 15 minute 'for... READ MORE
Lifestyle Lift - Tampa, FL
I had the lifestyle lift done two years ago..My neck is all wrinkled and my side profile is awful on both sides of my face. I also have two folding large wrinkles on each side of my face along jaw line. As they pulled and cut the skin it left folds and they didnt make the skin smooth. I... READ MORE
Sounded Like Great Way to Get Rid of Turkey Neck and Lines Around my Mouth but Don't Do It! - Troy, MI
I had seen the infomercial and thought that sounded like a great way to get rid of my turkey neck and deepening lines around my mouth. They tell you that it only takes a week to see the results and that's a bunch of crap! My Granddaughter won't even look at me and my daughter cried... READ MORE
I Love The Results - Phoenix
I am very pleased with the results. People who know me knew that something was different, but couldn't put their finger on it. All they knew was that I looked great. When I told them I had a LifeStyle Lift they were so impressed. They did not feel that I looked 'done'. They think I... READ MORE


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Nas introduces another defining feature of urban warfare: there are innocents everywhere. He flees ("jetting") inside a project building and in the lobby he sees kids everywhere
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Word play — "jetting" and "couldn't see as high as I be", like he's in the sky. This is an example of Nas's beautiful, intricate rhymes. "building," "children"; and "lobby," "prob'ly," "I be."
There is also another double untendre, children aren't as tall as adolescents/adults, so they naturally need to look up to see things while the taller people just can look straight ahead of them. So the children can't see as high as an adolescent/adult/Nas.
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The Rejection Reaction
Keith Cronin on Aug 07 2012 | Filed under: CRAFT, Humor, Inspirations, Uncategorized
I think we can all agree: rejection sucks. And for most of us, the first few rejections we receive can be particularly painful.
Why does this stuff hit us so hard? I've got some ideas about that. So I thought I'd walk you through a few stages of what most writers go through when they first start encountering that dreaded two-letter word: No.
(Note: In this post I'm referring primarily to the process of querying literary agents, but most of this applies to any situation where you're submitting your work for someone else's approval.)
Our secret belief
First let's look at a key element that I think is working against so many of us. We've all heard the horror stories. We've all seen other writers crushed by rejection after rejection. But in our heart of hearts, I think most of us start out secretly clinging to this belief:
It's going to be different for me. Sure, those other mere mortals are probably going to hit some obstacles, but my own vastly superior literary genius is going to be the exception. After all, I spent months (or years, or whatever) working on this opus. So what I really need to do is brace myself for the challenge of choosing between all the agents or editors who will be clamoring for a chance to be associated with my Truly Epic Work of Total Literary Awesomeness (or, TEWTLA)."
That dogged belief is why we are so flummoxed when the first rejection comes catapulting in, shattering the fortress of self-confidence (read: self-deception) that we've built around ourselves and our TEWTLA.
And then – to our shock and awe – the assault continues. Another rejection. Then another. And pretty soon we start to feel like those 300 Spartan guys with the awesome abs, trying to stave off an invasion by a million unstoppable soldiers (okay, maybe without the whole awesome abs thing). Bottom line, it's a shock. Which then can prompt…
The poopyhead response
A very common knee-jerk reaction to a rejection is to simply denounce it. Clearly, this rejection was sent by a complete poopyhead, an utter incompetent who has no business pretending to be a publishing professional.
So your next step is to reach out to your peeps – either on Facebook, a literary blog, or an online writers' forum – and unmask the charlatan. Can you believe this? This illiterate ignoramus rejected my TEWTLA! And immediately your loyal peeps respond with reassurances. You poor thing. What a poopyhead! How can they be so blind to your Total Literary Awesomeness?
We will ignore for the moment that up until you received this rejection, you always referred to this person as your "dream agent." And we will also attempt to ignore how quickly you reassign the title of "dream agent" to some other agent a little further down your list.
Clearly this is a slippery slope, and at some point you're probably going to shift your reaction to some form of…
Desperately seeking validation
This is when you start scouring the rejection for whatever morsel of hope or self-validation you can scrape off its surface. Oooh – the rejection letter said "your writing shows promise." See? She likes you! And look here – it said you have "an engaging premise." And even here, where it says she "didn't fall in love with the manuscript," she still allows for how "another agent might be more passionate" and points out how subjective this all is, which is why "some people may love a book on the top of the NYTimes bestseller list, and others may not." Awesome! You're on the right track, right? She mentioned the phrase "NYTimes bestseller" in the same email in which she mentioned your book!
Folks, it's perfectly natural to try to find the good within the bad. I get that. But I also know how to use Google, which is why within 30 seconds I can confirm that the rejection I just received is exactly what I suspected it was: a form letter.
FACT: Probably 95% of all rejections are form letters. Some are worded more lushly than others. But unless you see highly specific commentary that clearly refers to your work (and not the kind of one-size-fits-all language popular in daily horoscope columns, which the reader then interprets as speaking directly to them), don't spend much time analyzing the rejection. They all have a one-word meaning: No.
But why do agents bother with all this generic form-letter praise? For the same reason that it's hard to say no to somebody in whom you have no romantic interest when they ask you out on a date: saying no is awkward. It's hard. And nobody likes to do it. Not even most poopyheads. That's why some of them may write a lot of flowery prose that basically says…
I like you, but only as a friend
Okay, NOBODY wants to hear that. But I think all of us do hear it at some point in our lives. So we probably recognize that familiar pain. Please take a moment to embrace that recognition, because I'm going to call on you to do something else:
Remember that it wasn't fatal. Remember that you got over it.
That's how this kind of rejection works, too. It's no fun, but you'll get past it.
Be like Mike
I'm not into sports at all, although the Olympics always inspire me, reminding me of the incredible dedication and hard work that great athletes put into pursuing their dreams. So I think we writers have something to learn from great athletes. Like them, we're doing something really hard, with the odds of success stacked against us. Like them, we're driven to do this.
And like them, sometimes we fail.
So I'll close with this great quote from basketball legend and former Olympian Michael Jordan:
I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot – and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
This is a tough line of work we're pursuing. Because of that, many of my posts are aimed at trying to toughen ourselves up for the task. But I figure a little inspiration never hurt either, hence the Jordan quote. Just don't expect me to start singing Kumbaya next. Ain't gonna happen.
Anyway, I hope you find this post helpful, and I welcome your feedback, particularly if you recognize yourself in any of the above observations.
And to each of you, good luck with your TEWTLA!
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About Keith Cronin
Author of the novels ME AGAIN, published by Five Star/Gale; and TONY PARTLY CLOUDY (published under his pen name Nick Rollins), Keith Cronin is a corporate speechwriter and professional rock drummer who has performed and recorded with artists including Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, and Pat Travers. Keith's fiction has appeared in Carve Magazine, Amarillo Bay, The Scruffy Dog Review, Zinos, and a University of Phoenix management course. A native of South Florida, Keith spends his free time serenading local ducks and squirrels with his ukulele.
31 Responses to "The Rejection Reaction"
This is all very child-like, and rightly so.
I've never submitted my writing anywhere and when I begin the process, I hardly expect anyone to see my first novel as epic. Since I wrote my first draft last October, I've been studying the craft and this new 'level playing field' that writers seem to have had bestowed on them by chance through the internet. It truly is a child's game for many. The innocent sensitivity of written works, especially novels being like 'my children' and so on.
Who said 'finishing a novel is like taking a child out in the yard and shooting it.' (Capote?) He should have added 'in cold blood.' Speaking of cold, it would be useful to think of the whole process the way a secret service field agent might – detatched, impersonal and well, cold. It's just business, nothing personal.
Myself, I cringe at rejection like anyone, but I don't believe my ego dances to the attention economy tune. I feel it, but I know what it is, what it's worth. The attention economy could easily be seen as a war on individuality. Attention and acceptance by others are tokens for the ego coffers. Sure, many great creative works file past every moment, but does it 'feed our heads', or is it a glossing mechanism, pushing the true self a little deeper back each day in the urge to share and gain acceptance tokens through the curation and creation. Hmm…
You nailed it:
"It'll be different for me."
"I reject your rejection."
"Please-please-please tell me I'm not wasting my time."
Yes, all common reactions to rejection but also common reasons to query in the first place. I suspect the pre-rejection reasons for sending a query, if writers were honest with themselves, would sound like this:
"I'm special because I'm a writer."
"I dare you to reject me!"
"I can't wait, I have to know NOW!"
The best reason to query is this:
"I'm exhausted but I'm truly finished. This is the novel I wanted to write. I've read every how-to, taken every workshop, filtered critiques, revised until I bleed, finally found my voice, nailed my opening, cracked my main character, made my antagonist real, surprised myself in the middle, wrote a painful-but-redemptive ending…yes, at last I'm done. And that's all that matters."
And that is the true motivation for querying only 0.01% of the time, explaining the 99.99% rejection rate.
. . . and then one fine morning you are not rejected and you resist the urge to say "nya!" because you know that the ones who rejected you did so for their own good reasons and it is certainly not personal or because they suck or you suck or the world sucks or the entire universe sucks. You figure you were lucky that time and decide feeling wonderful and gracious about it is better than the Nya.
. . . and as one who has to send out rejections for Rose & Thorn Journal, I can tell you — yes, if we send you a letter with comments, then we really liked your story – it meant someone else "edged out that story" just by a hair – maybe we'd already published a similar story or maybe something else. However, much of the time, we are just busy and the form letters are sent to good writers whose stories we liked but weren't quite right for us.
MANY GOOD STORIES have been rejected by us and we detest sending those- and yes sometimes we reflect how we make mistakes and reject stories we should have published-we hate that most of all.
And a Word Of Warning for those taking the internet self-publishing path; you haven't avoided rejection–you've simply bypassed the gatekeepers so you can be rejected by millions. So before you push your baby out into the marketplace, make sure you've "read every how-to, taken every workshop, filtered critiques, revised until I bleed, finally found my voice, nailed my opening, cracked my main character, made my antagonist real, surprised myself in the middle, wrote a painful-but-redemptive ending…" (thanks Donald), and THEN had it rigorously edited–by a paid professional if possible. Otherwise your TEWTLA will be the occasion of much laughing and pointing, and come home with a Kick Me note taped to its back.
This is hilarious, Keith. Thanks for the laugh.
I wonder if social media isn't a bit of advanced prep for rejection. (I'm being delusional aren't I?) For instance, when I've followed someone on Twitter or comment on their blog or provide them with promo, and they're clearly not willing to reciprocate, it punctured expectations I didn't understand I possessed. (It's the hidden beliefs that get most of us.) Then I've been in the other position, and found how challenging it can be to set boundaries and protect writing time, knowing that some will take it personally.
These kind of challenges aren't the same as getting an R for a piece of fiction over which one has sweated, but they allow rehearsal. In a sense, we get to learn rejection is only a flesh wound. ;)
I love "Total Literary Awesomeness." I think you are totally correct about those hidden assumptions. In fact, there is a blog post on the SFWA website (can't remember exactly the author or what it's called, unfortunately) that points out that 80%-ish of the world's population start writing a novel, and eventually many drop out of the race. I think those rejections can be one of those points of greatest drop out, because it can be tough to take if you don't shift your mindset. Thanks for the tough-love humor!
I don't think anything could've prepared me BR1 (Before Rejection #1) for how it was going to affect me. You left out a stage I went though: total resignation (maybe others are hardier, and skip over this phase). After about a dozen form rejections for what basically amounted to a first draft, I was ready to throw in the towel. I'd written it, I felt I'd accomplished something big, I had other interests–time to move on.
Funny thing happened–it wouldn't let me go. I started lurking on writing sites (including this one) before I started my day of carpentry. I'd sneak my writing notebook out of the drawer and make notes, you know, just for the day I might want to give it another go. Then I had a few positive experiences with beta readers, and I came to the realization that I was all-in, and always had been. I'd just been threatening to take my marbles and go home. Anyone who knew me knew I wanted to continue to play all along. I was treading water in an Egyptian river when I should've just rolled up my sleeves.
Everyone will have their own journey through this mental meat-grinder. There's no way you can warn them. Nice try, though, Keith. And very entertaining!
Boy, I could have written that myself except not, unfortunately, in the past tense but in the present, in-my-face, now. Thanks for helping me feel a little (itty bitty) more normal.
Well said, Keith. I love your comparison to great athletes.
To further add to your comparison…there were several recent Olympic scenarios in which athletes succeeded following unexpected losses:
-Swimmer Michael Phelps narrowly qualified for the final round in his 2012 Olympic opening race. He also failed to medal in that race. But Phelps persevered and went on to win an individual silver, 2 individual gold, 2 relay gold, and 1 relay silver.
-2011 world all-around champion gymnast Jordyn Wieber failed to qualify for the Olympic all-around finals. Yet she persevered and helped lead the U.S. team to gold.
-The U.S. women's soccer team has earned several come-from-behind wins and is currently still in medal contention.
These athletes did not sink amid disappointment. No matter how good you are, you will always face obstacles and will always have room for improvement and greater success.
I'm a firm believer that success is always possible eventually…
I second the warning to self-publishers. It is not side-stepping all of the difficulties of getting published "for real," but doubling it. If you think it's bad to spend two years perfecting your masterpiece just to get a couple of rejection form letters, try sinking another into filling all the roles of a traditional publisher (editing, cover and interior design, printing, marketing) and seeing it slammed right off the bat because it doesn't have the Knopf logo on it. At least agents and publishers have to be sort of nice to writers who query; newspapers and journals will throw your self-pubbed baby in the trash without opening it. Bloggers and Goodreads folks will turn off the civility filter. Not can, not might, will. Do not do it because you think it is the easy way out. Do it to keep your rights, to control the complete package, to get decent royalties etc. But you have to work for it.
As for traditional rejections from agents and editors, keep in mind that many of the "nos" don't have anything to do with the quality of the manuscript. They may not accept that particular genre, or their plate is already full with that type of story (e.g. they're having a heck of a time selling their other thousand dystopian urban fantasies about sexy vigilante vampires as it is). The intern who processes the slush pile may let his/her personal tastes influence the decisions, or he/she might just be having a bad day. Publishing is a game of chance no matter which route you take.
That secret belief about my Truly Epic Work of Total Literary Awesomeness was SO hard to give up. Never before has anyone described the wonderful, confident, expectant state of ignorance and innocence so well. I almost died of misery when I was forced to accept the truth. The whole awful experience was pushed to the back of my mind for years.
Now, you have ruthlessly brought it all rushing back. I hurt all over again. Thank you, Keith.
Thanks for the great post, Keith.
As Vaughn noted, Rejection Equals Growth. Years ago, I birthed my love-child novel and sent it out. Twenty-seven times. It garnered twenty-three "Um, thanks but no thanks" and four non-responses. At first I was hurt (poor me). I bypassed the Poopyhead phase and went straight to becoming resigned to being a failure. Then, when I was done moping, I started thinking that maybe, just maybe, it really WAS bad and I needed to get my act together.
I shelved it and started another, taking all the comments some of the agents had very kindly noted into account, learning the craft, and buckling down. I'm sending that one out currently, much happier with it and with myself. I've already garnered rejections but that's alright now. If another twenty-seven or even forty-seven agents reject it, then I know I've still got some education to go. And I will get on with it.
Besides, that will give me the bare bones of at least TWO novels on my shelf that I will be able to use in my burgeoning series when it finally sells! So it's all good. (o:
Thanks for all the comments!
Those who connected strongly with the Michael Jordan quote might enjoy this video of him speaking those words himself, in that distinctively deep voice of his:
Pretty damn inspiring, and he makes a point well worth remembering.
I agree that we–that includes me, also an author–feel that it's going to be different for us/me when we submit something, but I don't think it's because we are so confident in our literary skills. No, I think it's more basic than that. I've gotten more than 600 submissions to my "will I turn the first page" challenge on my blog, and I'm sure that every one of them anticipated a "yes." The reason why: I've worked hard on this, given it my best shot, and I think it works. Unfortunately, not most of the time. That's why the "outside eyes" of an editor or a good critique partner/group are so valuable.
As always, you inspire me to keep writing, even through the poopyhead phase. I can relate to everything here. The Jordan quote is inspirational. On my fridge, I have this: "Remember that Thomas Edison tested six thousand substances as potential filaments for the lightbulb before he found the one that worked. He viewed the rejects not as failures but as information that put him one step closer to what would work."
After all my imaginary conversations with Oprah and the NYT, after several dozen query rejections, I reached a sort of writing-zen, knowing that this story may never see a bookshelf, but it's still mine and I'm still going to work on it until it's Right.
As someone on the oposite side of the computer screen (namely, the one that has to send out letters such as this), I have to completely agree with you that yes. It sucks. A lot. I tend to do my best to NOT just throw out form-rejections though, although the wording I use for the actual 'thanks but no thanks' bit is the same. The 'likes' and 'dislikes' critique I give are always 'bespoke' though.
~Sara, from Inspired Quill
I love everything about this blog post, but most of all the TEWTLA. The opinion that we do have the next Truly Epic Work of Total Literary Awesomeness is so very true. This belief in our work is the reason we write it. If you don't believe in what you are doing, why continue? And how could you expect someone else to believe in it? I think that as writers we just need to hold on to this belief through the rejections. I am on my first round now and it is just that–the first round. I'll edit the manuscript again, work out a different query letter, revise the summary, and then try again.
I view trying to find a literary agent a lot like trying to find the right pair of shoes (which, for a shoe addict like me, is very important so don't misunderstand!). You want it to be the right fit. The shoe has to make your foot look good and it has to fit your foot in the best way. You don't want a pair that leaves your toes hanging out or one that will leave blisters. Finding a literary agent is the same way. Does it suck to have to send out query after query, essentially knocking on their email doors saying "Please sir, may I have representation?" like a literary Oliver Twist? Yes. Yes it does. But it is a necessary part of the process. So are the rejections. You want the literary agent that decides to represent you to be excited about your manuscript. You want them to believe in it just as much as you do. That's why you wrote it–because you believed in it. And that is how they will sell it.
So I say keep knocking until you finally do find that perfect pair of sexy red pumps that mold to your foot perfectly. It will be worth it in the long run.
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Louis C.K.
|Louis C.K.
C.K. at the 2012 Time 100.
|Birth name
|Louis Székely
September 12, 1967
Washington, D.C., U.S.
|Stand-up, Television, Film
|Years active
|Observational comedy, Black comedy, Blue comedy, Political satire, Insult comedy, Sarcasm
|Everyday life, Human interaction, Human behaviour, Social awkwardness, Sex, Marriage, American politics, Gender differences, Self deprecation, Current events
|Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin,[1] Lenny Clarke, Bill Cosby, Robert Downey Sr., Joan Rivers, Bill Hicks, Steve Martin,[2] Richard Pryor, Jerry Seinfeld
|Patton Oswalt[3]
|Alix Bailey
(1995–2008; divorced)
Louis Székely[4] (born September 12, 1967),[4][5] known professionally as Louis C.K. (/ˌluːi siːˈkeɪ/), is an American comedian, actor, editor, writer, producer, and director.[6]
He is the creator, star, writer, director,[7] and (until February 2012) editor[8] of the acclaimed FX comedy series Louie.[9][10] C.K. is noted for being among the first performers to offer direct-to-fan sales of tickets to his stand-up shows, as well as DRM-free video concert downloads, via his website.[11]
C.K. has won a 2012 Peabody Award[12] and five Emmy awards,[13] as well as numerous awards for The Chris Rock Show and Louie, as well as his stand-up specials Live at the Beacon Theater (2011) and Oh My God (2013).[14]
C.K.'s stage name is an approximate English pronunciation of his Hungarian surname, Székely (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈseːkej]).[15]
Early life[edit]
Family background[edit]
C.K. was born in Washington, D.C.,[2][4][16][17] the son of Mary Louise Székely (née Davis), a software engineer, and Luis Székely, an economist.[2]
C.K.'s parents met at Harvard University, where his mother was completing her degree in a summer-school program.[1] They were married at St. Francis Church in Traverse City, Michigan.[18] C.K. has three sisters.[19]
C.K.'s father was born and raised in Mexico and has degrees from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Harvard University.[18] C.K.'s paternal grandfather, Dr. Geza Székely Schweiger, was a surgeon. Székely Schweiger was a Hungarian Jew whose family immigrated to Mexico, where he met C.K.'s paternal grandmother, Rosario Sánchez Morales.[20] Sánchez Morales was a Catholic Mexican.[21] C.K.'s grandfather agreed to have his children raised Catholic, but was (according to C.K.) "quietly Jewish".[15]
C.K.'s mother, an American of Irish Catholic ancestry, was originally from a farm in Michigan.[22] She graduated from Owosso High School in Owosso, Michigan. She attended University of Michigan and graduated from Ohio State University Phi Beta Kappa. C.K.'s maternal grandparents were M. Louise Davis and Alfred C. Davis.[18]
C.K.'s parents divorced and when his father remarried he converted to Orthodox Judaism, the faith of his new wife.[15]
C.K. has said that his father's whole family still lives in Mexico. C.K.'s paternal uncle Dr. Francisco Székely is an academic and an international consultant on environmental affairs who served as Mexico's Deputy Minister of Environment (2000–2003).[23]
Early years[edit]
Born in Washington, D.C., C.K. lived there only until age 1, when his family moved to Mexico City,[16] where he lived until he was 7.[2] C.K.'s first language was Spanish; it was not until after the move to the U.S. that he began to learn English.[24] He has since mostly forgotten his Spanish.[21]
On moving from Mexico to suburban Boston, C.K. wanted to become a writer and comedian, citing Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, and George Carlin as some of his influences.[1] When he was 10, his parents divorced. C.K. said that his father was around but he did not see him much. C.K. and his three sisters were raised by their single mother in Newton, Massachusetts.[25] The fact that his mother had only "bad" TV shows to view upon returning home from work inspired him to work on television. In April 2005, he told The Observer: "I remember thinking in fifth grade, 'I have to get inside that box and make this shit better'. Because she deserves this. It made me mad that the shows were so bad."[25]
C.K.'s mother raised her children as Catholic, wanting them to have a religious framework and understanding, and they attended after-school Catholic class until they completed communion.[15] According to a 2011 Rolling Stone article:
C.K. was a depressive kid. In junior high he took to drugs, "closing myself off from feelings," he says. "Eighth and ninth grade were two solid years of dropping acid, snorting coke when somebody had it, Quaaludes, an alarming amount of pot, mescaline, drinking. By the time I got to high school, I was a recovered drug addict." C.K. ran for a time with a bad crowd, breaking into cars and snatching valuables within.[19]
The "In The Woods" pair of episodes in his TV series Louie are a loose dramatization of this period of his youth.
After graduating from Newton North High School, C.K. worked as an auto mechanic and at a public access TV cable station in Boston, while "summoning the courage to try stand-up".[2] Among other jobs he worked, C.K. "cleaned pools, fixed cars and spent a year as a Kentucky Fried Chicken cook; he brought home KFC turkey dinners two Thanksgivings in a row. Subsequently, he clerked at a video store."[19] According to C.K., working in public access TV gave him the tools and technical knowledge to make his short films and later his television shows. "Learning is my favorite thing," he said.[11]
His first attempt at stand-up was in 1984 at an open-mic night at a comedy club in Boston, Massachusetts, during the apex of the comedy boom. He was given five minutes of time, but had only two minutes of material.[26] He was so discouraged by the experience that he did not perform again for two years.[27] He and Marc Maron later reminisced about their early careers and friendship on Maron's WTF Podcast.[28]
As Boston's comedy scene grew, C.K. gradually achieved success, performing alongside acts such as Denis Leary and Lenny Clarke, and eventually he moved up to paid gigs, opening for Jerry Seinfeld and hosting comedy clubs[2] until he moved to Manhattan in 1989.[26] He performed his act on many televised programs, including Evening at the Improv and Star Search. In 1993, he unsuccessfully auditioned for Saturday Night Live, and most of the comedy clubs in New York City closed.[6] In 1996 HBO released his first half-hour comedy special.[26]
C.K. has performed his stand-up frequently on shows such as Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Lopez Tonight, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In August 2005, C.K. starred in a half-hour HBO special as part of the stand-up series One Night Stand.
Inspired by the work ethic of fellow comedian George Carlin, who had committed to dropping all of his existing material and starting over every year,[29] C.K. launched his first hour-long special, Shameless, in 2007, which aired on HBO and was later released on DVD. In March 2008, he recorded a second hour-long special, Chewed Up, which premiered on Showtime Network on October 4, 2008, and went on to be nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Writing in a Comedy or Variety Special". C.K. has said that "failure is the road to becoming a great comedian."[11]
On April 18, 2009, C.K. recorded a concert film titled Hilarious. Unlike his previous specials—which had all been produced for television networks—Hilarious was produced independently, directed by C.K. himself, and sold to Epix and Comedy Central after it was complete. As a result, it was not released until late 2010. It was published on DVD and CD in 2011.[30] It is the first stand-up comedy film to be accepted into Sundance.[31]
In a 2010 interview, C.K. talked about how, after his divorce, he thought, "well, there goes my act." He alluded to the way that his marriage had been central to his act and his life, and he said that it took him approximately a year to realize "I'm accumulating stories here that are worth telling."[32] One element in his preparation for stand-up was training in the boxing gym, including with Lowell, Massachusetts fighter Micky Ward, trying to "learn how to ... do the grunt work and the boring, constant training so that you'll be fit enough to take the beating."[32]
On December 10, 2011, C.K. released his fourth full-length special, Live at the Beacon Theater. Like Hilarious, it was produced independently and directed by C.K. However, unlike his earlier work, it was distributed digitally on the comedian's website, foregoing both physical and broadcast media. C.K. released the special for $5.00 and without DRM, hoping that these factors and the direct relationship between the artist and consumer would effectively deter piracy.[33] At the end of the special, the release of a new album, recorded at Carnegie Hall the previous year, is mentioned. As of December 21, 2011, the sales of the special from C.K.'s website have earned him over $1 million.[34]
The success of the special prompted other comedians, including Jim Gaffigan, Joe Rogan, and Aziz Ansari, to release their own specials with a similar business model.[35] On May 11, 2012, C.K. additionally made two audio-only downloads available for $5.00 each: WORD – Live at Carnegie Hall (and the audio version of his first HBO stand-up special, Shameless), as well as an audio-only version of Live at the Beacon Theater.[34]
C.K.'s fifth one-hour special, Oh My God, was recorded at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, and premiered on HBO April 13, 2013.[36] It is also sold and distributed using the same model as C.K. used for Live at the Beacon Theater.
C.K. released his sixth one hour special Live at The Comedy Store recorded, unlike his past few specials, at a club, The Comedy Store in West Hollywood. C.K. mentioned the material was intended to be an exercise in creating an act which harkened back to his early days of working in comedy clubs.[37] The special will premiere exclusively on FX in the Spring of 2015.
C.K. is the first comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden three times in a single tour.[6]
C.K.'s credits as a writer include the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Dana Carvey Show, and The Chris Rock Show. He has been quoted as describing his approach to writing as a "deconstruction" that is both painful and frightening.[19] His work for The Chris Rock Show was nominated for an Emmy Award for writing three times, winning "Best Writing in a Variety or Comedy Series" in 1999. He was also nominated for an Emmy Award for his work writing for Late Night with Conan O'Brien[9] C.K. wrote and directed the feature film Pootie Tang, which was adapted from a sketch that was featured on The Chris Rock Show. The film received largely negative reviews from critics, but has become a cult classic.[38][39] Though C.K. is credited as the director, he was fired at the end of filming with the film being re-edited by the studio.[40]
He also wrote and directed the independent black-and-white film Tomorrow Night (1998), which premiered at Sundance, and several shorter films, including six short films for the sketch comedy show Sunny Skies (1995) on the Showtime cable network.[26] C.K. self-released Tomorrow Night in 2014.[41] He was nominated for an Emmy Award for writing on his 2008 special, Chewed Up.
He won two Emmys in 2011 for the Louie episode "Pregnant"[42] and for his special Live at the Beacon Theater.[43]
C.K. has co-written two screenplays with Chris Rock: Down to Earth (2001) and I Think I Love My Wife (2007).
Acting, writing, and directing[edit]
In June 2006, C.K. starred in Lucky Louie, a sitcom he created. The series premiered on HBO and was videotaped in front of a studio audience; it was HBO's first series in that format. Lucky Louie is described as a bluntly realistic portrayal of family life. HBO canceled the series after its first season.[44]
Other roles C.K. has played include a security guard in Role Models and a potential love interest for Amy Poehler's character in a multi-episode story arc on NBC's Parks and Recreation.[45] C.K. has also appeared in the films Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, Diminished Capacity, and The Invention of Lying. In 2013, C.K. had supporting roles in the critically acclaimed films Blue Jasmine and American Hustle.[46][47]
In August 2009, FX picked up his new series, Louie, which C.K. stars in, writes, directs, and edits.[48] The show features his stand-up routines blended with segments which are based to some extent on his offstage experiences.[49] The show premiered on June 29, 2010. Each season of Louie contains 13 episodes.[50] The show addresses life as a divorced, aging father.[32]
In season three, episodes dealt respectively with a date with an unstable bookshop clerk (played by Parker Posey);[51] a doomed attempt to replace a retiring David Letterman; an aborted visit to C.K.'s father; and a dream-reality New Year's Eve episode in which C.K. ends up in China.[52] These episodes were ranked in critic Matt Zoller Seitz's favourite 25 comedy episodes of 2012.[53] Seitz called the episode "New Year's Eve" "truly audacious".[52][53] C.K. has been nominated three times for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (2011, 2012, and 2013) for his work in Louie.
The show was renewed for a fourth season;[54] with a 19-month hiatus after season 3[15] to accommodate C.K.'s roles in David O. Russell's American Hustle and Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.[55][56]
C.K. has an overall deal with FX Productions which, while not related to C.K.'s FX series Louie, will be under his production company, Pig Newton, working with partner / producer Blair Breard. They will develop and executive produce pilots for FX Networks with "the option to write or direct any of these projects."[57] In January 2014, it was announced that C.K. is producing and co-writing a Zach Galifianakis-created comedy pilot for FX Networks.[58] The 10-episode single-camera comedy was ordered to series, will debut in 2016, and is called Baskets.[59] It will feature Galifianakis as the main character, a struggling clown named Chip Baskets in a pilot episode written by Galifianakis, Louis C.K. and Jonathan Krisel.[60]
C.K. is also developing with FX the series Better Things, to star Pamela Adlon. C.K. will co-write and co-produce.[6] The show is about a single working actress mother and her struggles to raise three daughters.[61]
During the 2014 Television Critics Association presentations, FX Networks' John Landgraf reported that Louie will return in spring 2015 for a shortened fifth season of seven episodes—compared to the 13 episodes of prior seasons.[62]
In May 2015, it was announced that C.K. would be directing and starring in an indie film titled I'm A Cop, to be produced by Scott Rudin with a budget of $8 million.[63]
Other work[edit]
As a voice actor, C.K. portrayed Brendon Small's estranged father, Andrew Small, in Home Movies, and appeared several times on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.
C.K. was a frequent guest on The Opie & Anthony Show, which also features his Lucky Louie co-star Jim Norton. C.K. was also a part of Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour with other comedians in 2007. He has appeared on on Sirius XM's Raw Dog Comedy show, and in 2007 hosted a three-hour phone-in show on the service at the request of Opie & Anthony, during which he advised callers on their relationship troubles. As of May 2011, C.K. has hosted over 107 hours of radio with Opie & Anthony. In the Louie episode "Barney / Never", Opie, Anthony, and Norton (along with comedian Amy Schumer) play the on-air talent of a stereotypical wacky morning radio program into which C.K.'s character is calling to promote a nearby gig.
During an interview with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on The Opie & Anthony Show, C.K. repeatedly asked Rumsfeld whether he is in fact a reptilian space alien who "eats Mexican babies".[64] Rumsfeld declined to comment. The video has since gone viral.[64]
C.K. has been an occasional guest on The Bob & Tom Show, a showcase for comedians. He also worked with Robert Smigel on TV Funhouse shorts exclusively for Saturday Night Live, with topics ranging from politics to surrealism. C.K. hosted Saturday Night Live on November 3, 2012 and was subsequently Emmy nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.[9][65] He returned to host the show for a second time on March 29, 2014, for which he was once again nominated in the Emmys for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.
Ticketing innovation[edit]
C.K. innovated direct-to-consumer distribution of his and others' work, selling tickets via his website in DRM-free format. In this way C.K. sold tickets for his stand-up tour, circumventing large ticket outlets (e.g., Ticketmaster), creatively bypassing their overhead and the venues they control.[43] C.K. has said the ticket outlets create barriers to consumers, whereas direct distribution is easy — and has effectively "closed the gap between how easy it was to steal it [versus] how easy it was to buy it."[11]
Personal life[edit]
C.K. and artist/painter Alix Bailey married in 1995. Together, they had two daughters.[66] They divorced in 2008,[67][68] with C.K. and Bailey sharing joint custody of their children.[32]
While C.K. was raised Catholic, he pokes fun at religion in his comedy and says he has "zero idea how everything got here". C.K. has also been quoted as saying, "if I were to make a list of possibilities, God would be pretty far down. But if I were to make a list of people that know what the fuck they are talking about, I would be really far down."[69]
Although he infrequently discusses his political views, C.K. has defended same-sex marriage in his stand-up[32] and has spoken negatively about capitalism.[70] As for political partisanship, C.K. states, "Some things I think are very conservative, or very liberal. I think when someone falls into one category for everything, I'm very suspicious. It doesn't make sense to me that you'd have the same solution to every issue."[71]
- 2000: The Short Films of Louis C.K. (DVD) (out of print)
- 2001: Live in Houston (CD) (out of print)
- 2005: One Night Stand (DVD)
- 2006: Shameless (DVD/video download)
- 2008: Chewed Up (CD/DVD)
- 2009: Hilarious (Epix - CD/DVD)
- 2010: Word: Live at Carnegie Hall (MP3 download)
- 2011: Live at the Beacon Theater (video download)
- 2013: Louis C.K.: Oh My God – Phoenix, AZ (video download)
- 2015: Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store (video download)[72]
|Late Night with Conan O'Brien
|Nicknames for Conan Guy / Various
|291 episodes; Also Writer
|Ice Cream
|Flower Vendor
|Short film
|Hello There
|Man on Street / Voice on Tape
|TV movie
|The Dana Carvey Show
|8 Episodes; Also Head Writer
|HBO Comedy Half-Hour
|Stand-Up Special
|Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
|Louis (voice)
|4 Episodes
|The Chris Rock Show
|28 episodes; Also Writer
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (1999)
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program (1998)
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program (2000)
|Tomorrow Night
|Man squirting people with hose
|Screenwriter / Director / Producer
Nominated – Florida Film Festival Award for Best Narrative
Nominated – Hamptons International Film Festival Award for Best American Independent Film
|Comedy Central Presents
|Stand-up Special
|Home Movies
|Andrew Small (voice)
|5 Episodes
|One Night Stand
|Stand-up Special
|Lucky Louie
|13 episodes; Also Creator / Writer / Executive producer
|Searching for Nixon
|Man in Richard Nixon Mask
|Short film
|Stand-up Special / Writer / Executive producer
|Diminished Capacity
|Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
|Role Models
|Security guard
|Chewed Up
|Stand-up Special / Writer / Executive producer / Director / Editor
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
|The Invention of Lying
|Parks and Recreation
|Dave Sanderson
|6 Episodes
|Also Creator / Executive producer / Writer / Director / Editor
See List of awards and nominations received by Louie
|Stand-up Special / Writer / Executive producer / Director / Editor
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
The Comedy Award for Stand-up Special
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special (Single Or Multi-Camera)
|Live at the Beacon Theater
|Stand-up Special / Writer / Producer / Director / Editor
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
Nominated – The Comedy Award for Stand-up Special
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials
|Saturday Night Live
|Episode: "Louis C.K./Fun"
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
|Oh My God
|Stand-up Special / Writer / Executive producer / Director / Editor
American Comedy Award for Comedy Special of the Year
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
Nominated – Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials
|Blue Jasmine[73]
|Nominated – Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
|American Hustle
|Stoddard Thorsen
|Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Ensemble Cast
American Comedy Award for Best Comedy Supporting Actor – Film
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble
Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble Cast
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble
Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
|Short film
|Saturday Night Live
|Episode: "Louis C.K./Sam Smith"
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
|The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
|Dr. Fielding
|Live at the Comedy Store
|Stand-up Special / Writer / Executive producer / Director / Editor
|Arlen Hird
|Saturday Night Live
|Episode: "Louis C.K./Rihanna"
|The Secret Life of Pets
|Max (voice)
|Co-creator / Executive producer / Writer
Non-performance credits[edit]
|Late Show with David Letterman
|11 episodes; Writer
|Down to Earth
|Pootie Tang
|Screenwriter / Director
|I Think I Love My Wife
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All of which suggests that Louis – born Louis Székely on September 12, 1967 – has struck a nerve.
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