Life After Divorce (Don’t Ask About the Monkeys)

but comedy has nothing but time for the single white male loser.

So the stand-up comic Louis C. K., who plays a divorced stand-up comedian with two daughters on “Louie,” a new comedy on FX that begins on Tuesday, has a daunting task: He must make his own brand of wry, self-deprecating and X-rated humor stand out.

His comedy follows a tradition that traces beyond Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” George on “Seinfeld” or even Woody Allen. Charlie Chaplin was the standout loser of silent film, and even Shakespeare had a soft spot for sad sacks.

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