Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why by Alexandra Petri

Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why by Alexandra Petri

Author:Alexandra Petri
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2020-04-28T00:00:00+00:00


January 6, 2017

Why Won’t This Career Die?

Charlie Rose Will Reportedly Host a Show About

Men Brought Down by #MeToo

— THE CUT

Matt Lauer Is Planning His Comeback

— VANITY FAIR

Louis CK’s Path to a Comeback Likely Runs

Through Comedy Clubs

— THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

PANTING WITH EXHAUSTION, she let the stake drop from her hands. It was done. She had made her Allegation public, spoken the Killing Words, and the Man’s Career was dead.

This, at least, is what everyone had said.

“Do you understand what you’re doing?” they had wondered, anxiously. They knew—centuries of lore, from those who had sought to destroy a Man’s Livelihood before, had warned them—that merely hinting at some sort of scandal would be enough to destroy a Promising Gentleman’s Career for good.

She had felt bad. If there were a way to punish only the Man. The Career had not been always and entirely bad, and she had been a little sad to be the agent of its destruction.

But it was done. She had killed it. The worst was over. She heaped dirt and garlic on it, bleeding and exhausted, and began the long trek back.



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