newyorker – fiona apple’s art of radical sensitivity (2020)
One of the women C.K. harassed was Rebecca Corry, a standup comedian who founded an advocacy organization for pit bulls, Stand Up for Pits. Apple began working with the group, and, once she got to know Corry, she started to see C.K. in a harsher light. The comedy that she’d admired for its honesty now looked “like a smoke screen,” she said. In a text, she told me that, if C.K. wasn’t capable of more severe self-scrutiny, “he’s useless.” She added, “I SHAKE when I have to think and write about myself. It’s scary to go there but I go there. He is so WEAK.”
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Since I read that profile, whenever I think about or see PTA (whose movies I enjoy a lot), I remember that part about him pushing her out of the car.
I know this sounds a bit lame, but I’ve always felt connected to Fiona Apple. There’s probably a lass embarrassing way of phrasing that, but whatever.
I have felt so strongly about situations and relationships- that I knew what was going on, there was two of in it, I gave as good as I got – only to learn and grow and reframe those exact relationships as I got older.
Back to Fiona Apple. She (and Sinead O’Connor amongst others) have mirrored my thoughts and feelings so much over the years that I really feel sometimes like she’s a presence in my life, not just a musician. It’s why I can never mock women younger than me who identify strongly with their pop stars, Taylor or Billie or Sabrina or Lana or whoever. We all need icons sometimes, and I got so lucky as an 80s baby to have mine!
Fiona’s background and youth made it painfully easy for her to be taken advantage of. I could always relate to her in that and other ways. I adore her and wish she would make a new album.
My friend is very close to someone who is/has been close to PTA for a long time. He is an arrogant womanizer and always cheating on Maya with several young women “but brilliant” 🙄🥱.
I love Maya Rudolph so hearing that bummed me out. I can’t imagine she doesn’t know, but who knows what their dynamic may be 🤷🏻♀️