“…in general, the young have the kindness to conceal the facts from those to whom they would cause pain. Writers who proclaim the facts are thought by the old to be libelling the young, though the young remain unconscious of being libelled.” - Bertrand Russell, Marriage and Morals In his 2015 stand-up special, ‘Live at the Comedy Store’ , Louis CK has a routine where he speaks about parents dealing with their teenage daughters’ impending sexual awakening. In that routine, Louis ribs his fellow parents who are overwrought with anxiety at having to deal with the topic. He excepts himself from the predicament by claiming that the answer to ‘what should the parent's role be?’ is‘ nothing ’: “Not advisory, supportive. Just stay out of it.” He delivers the lines with his signature style of apparent spontaneity. It is this specific aspect of his art, along with his stand-apart histrionics that elicit the laugh here, without actually resolving the conflict in the joke’s set-up....