As the coronavirus ravages the nation, millions of terrified people whose employment hangs in the balance are locked in their homes. Naturally, Louis C.K. found it fitting to release a new comedy special.

I’m about the thousandth person to make this joke because it practically writes itself. Of all the men (and women) whose careers were culled — or so they claimed — by the #MeToo movement, few were as disappointing a revelation as the case of C.K., one of the few remaining comedians who actually cared about comedy.