Aziz could have absolutely done the right thing and did the work, especially knowing that interview was done in bad faith. Instead he complained about how sensitive people are.
That was exactly my issue, it was such a needless pivot. He didn’t deny what he did, was able to admit where he went wrong, acknowledged that people were right to feel let down by him, and apologized to the survivor. In literally any other case we’d call that a passable start toward the accountability process. But then he suddenly went after cancel culture? As if to say “I’m saying I’m sorry but I shouldn’t have to”?? It wasn’t even like everything he said was super off base, but the fact that it was all both predicated and punctuated with his own sexual assault allegations was wayyy off putting and very telling that his remorse was likely less than genuine. He straight up told on himself.
Anyone have pull quotes from his special, or wherever it was, that he decried cancel culture? Curious to see what he said
From the beginning of the special: The whole transcript is here: Aziz Ansari: Right Now (2019) - Transcript - Scraps from the loft
someone said "oh hey man the way you assaulted that woman made me think about how I may have assaulted women" so I guess you could say I've grown and helped others along the way what absolute shit
Yeah see, it's all about him. "I felt scared." "I felt humiliated." "I felt embarrassed." "After a year or so, I just hope it was a step forward." "It moved things forward for me." "I hope I've become a better person." "It’s important to me that you know how I feel about that whole thing before we share this night together." Like cool dude glad you were able to really take some time to work on yourself before getting back out there and making millions of dollars again. Something tells me "that whole thing" wasn't quite such a valuable experience to Grace, but hey good for you bro.
yeah, the blasé way he refers to "that whole thing" is disgusting and shows he really doesn't treat what he did with any sincerity and hasn't grown at all
'Master of None' Season 3 Gets Netflix Release - Variety The season is expected to be a departure for the show, and it’s believed to focus on Lena Waithe’s character, Denise. Early reports about the third season indicated that Naomi Ackie (“The End of the F***ing World”) would join the cast.
Lena Waithe On Jason Mitchell’s ‘The Chi’ Firing: “I Trusted Someone Else To Do My Job” – Deadline Also all her screenplays are black people dying or being tortured
The Emmy Award-winning MASTER OF NONE returns with a new season that chronicles the relationship of Denise (Emmy Award winner Lena Waithe) and her partner Alicia (BAFTA winner Naomi Ackie). Directed by series co-creator and Emmy winner Aziz Ansari, and scripted by Ansari and Waithe, this new season is a modern love story that intimately illustrates the ups and downs of marriage, struggles with fertility, and personal growth both together and apart. Fleeting romantic highs meet crushing personal losses while existential questions of love and living are raised. Co-created by Ansari and Emmy Award winner Alan Yang, Season 3 delivers an evolution of the series that remains tethered to previous seasons while breaking new storytelling ground of its own.
Feel like this was pictched to Netflix as something completely different and got retrofitted to be vaguely Master of None related