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Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby's new comedy drama Netflix, "Nanette", is hailed as a triumph of comedy, while Gadsby tackles the #MeToo movement and homophobia from a point of view deeply personal.
"Nanette" came across the streaming service last month, and in the weeks that followed, he received critical praise for Gadsby's tongue-in-cheek humor. But in the special, the jokes turn into a poignant story that addresses topics from Harvey Weinstein to Pablo Picasso to his own struggles against homophobia and violence.
In the special, whose title is based on a woman that Gadsby once met but who is mentioned only briefly, Gadsby says she quits the comedy. At the end of his hour-long series filmed at the Sydney Opera House, we come to understand why. His personal story and his comments on harassment and abuse will shock many.
The Atlantic calls the special "radical" and "transformative" for comedy simply for the fact that Gadsby "stops being funny". Halfway to her set, after joking about the fact that the flag of Gay Pride is "too busy" with all its colors and the "returns" that she receives about being lesbian , Gadsby drops the jokes.
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"She does not just put her jokes aside, she searches them, showing the public the rotten holes of her humor," writes Sophie Gilbert. She does not insult people for laughing, but the subtext is clear: she self-expresses: her entire 10-year career, she explains, is based on the fact that she's not a good laugh. self-mockery, but she does not want to do it anymore.
The New Yorker called "Nanette" "anti-comedy in motion" and said Gadsby was forcing the stand-up to count with the #MeToo movement.
"Gadsby's material has been in preparation for almost two years and seems to be exploiting the wider rage of the #MeToo moment," writes Moira Donegan. "Gadsby, like many women, has finished hiding her anger, and in" Nanette "she is bending the limits of the stand-up to accommodate her."
Raffinerie29 said that the special will "change the comedy – and the world".
"Properly telling the story of [her] means telling the truth, and the truth of Gadsby's stories is far from comical," writes Kathryn Lindsay.
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Gadsby has been popular in Australian comedy for years, but he is only breaking through the American mainstream with "Nanette". Her career as an actress exploded, just as she decided to resign. But based on cheers for the show, it will leave a lasting impact.
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