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Metoo Activists: Assault Allegations and Rating Nnnif

metoo activists: Not only fine, but ambivalent, according to NOW Magazine. Last January, the creator of Netflix's Master Of None was accused of forcing a 23-year-old woman to perform sexual acts without her consent. Rating NNNIf there was any question whether Aziz Ansari wouldn't recover from sexual assault allegations made against him 10 months ago, his hour-long set at Roy Thomson Hall the first of two sold-out shows in Toronto proved he is doing just fine. The 3,000-word personal essay was published on Babe.net and became a point of contention among MeToo activists. Then, he retreated from the spotlight until summer, when he announced this tour, Working Out New Material. How could Ansari, who had tackled gender equity and other sociopolitical issues with such nuance and wokeness on his show, be on the same blacklist as Bill Cosby and Louis C.K Was this just a case of bad-date-gone-wrong At the time, Ansari's only response to the allegations was that he was surprised and concerned. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.