Canadians lose jobs on Louis C.K. series
Dozens of employees of a Vancouver-based animation studio lost a big gig recently after a new Louis C.K. TV series was shelved because of his admissions of sexual misconduct.
Vancouver’s Bardel Entertainment was in charge of animation for The Cops, a new TBS cartoon produced by and starring Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks. Fifty-three animators at the studio were put out of work when the show was cancelled after the comedian admitted to masturbating in front of, or on the phone with, five women he worked with at various points in the career.
Kelani Lim, a production manager who oversaw animation on the show, said the news came as a shock. Many people had signed on to the project because they were big fans of Louis C.K.’s work, she said.
About half of the Bardel employees who lost their jobs were placed on another show, said Tina Chow, the company’s head of development.