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'Nanette' Isn't a Comedy Show. It's a Sledgehammer. Hannah Gadsby reflects on her groundbreaking Netflix special.

Posted by Algernon_Asimov
Tags: hannah gadsby, comedy, nanette
https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a22564399/hannah-gadsby-nanette-netflix/

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Title
Hannah Gadsby: 'Nanette Isn't a Comedy Show. It's a Sledgehammer.'
Authors
ELLE.com
Published
Jul 26 2018
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1355 words

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      Algernon_Asimov
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      It's not so much a "gotcha" moment as a total bait-and-switch. The last 15-20 minutes of this show isn't comedy. Not even close. Hannah bares her soul and shares some raw painful truths with us -...

      But I couldn’t make it past watching thirty minutes of Nanette.

      Maybe there’s some “gotcha” moment later on that pieces it all together,

      It's not so much a "gotcha" moment as a total bait-and-switch. The last 15-20 minutes of this show isn't comedy. Not even close. Hannah bares her soul and shares some raw painful truths with us - about herself, and about comedy. It's gripping and emotional viewing.

      I highly recommend you watch it all the way to the end. You totally missed out on seeing what makes this show "as revolutionary as Nanette is being claimed to be". Please watch the rest of it.

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        tvfj
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        I'm not the person you were replying to, but seeing your comment I went and watched it. Thank you for posting this. What she says in it meant a lot to me on a very deep and profound level,...

        I'm not the person you were replying to, but seeing your comment I went and watched it.

        Thank you for posting this. What she says in it meant a lot to me on a very deep and profound level, especially the stuff about being closeted. I was on the verge of tears several times during the show, and I nearly cried just thinking about it afterward.

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        1. varieker
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          I watched this just last night. It was... hoo boy. I cried during most of it. Her telling the audience what it's like to be closeted in a completely hostile environment was pretty damn relatable....

          I watched this just last night. It was... hoo boy. I cried during most of it. Her telling the audience what it's like to be closeted in a completely hostile environment was pretty damn relatable. If there's one comedy show I could force my friends to watch, it'd be this one hands down.

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  2. ThoughtMonster
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    I know this thread is old, but I'm new and just seeing it. I had this intense moment, watching Nanette, where I realized that I've literally never heard another butch dyke talk about being bashed,...

    I know this thread is old, but I'm new and just seeing it. I had this intense moment, watching Nanette, where I realized that I've literally never heard another butch dyke talk about being bashed, in a contemporary context. And being bashed, multiple times, was really formative to my experience. I hadn't even realized how alone I felt in that, until I heard her talk about it.

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