to think that Hannah Gadsby: Nanette is essential viewing

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So I've checked the archives (from my phone, which isn't always reliable but it's what I have) and I've not seen a major thread on here about her. She's been mentioned on AIBU but not the topic of it.

The show is on Netflix and I've not seen anything on stage - and without doubt never ever by a comedian - more powerful.

I've never had a stand up comic make me laugh and then be in floods of tears.

I'm only half asking if IABU because I don't really believe I am. If IABU then please list someone who did something more amazing than that, because I'd be very interested in watching.

I completely agree. She had me in tears too! And roaring with laughter beforehand.

My favourite bit was when she was talking about the commonly held view of 'suffering for ones art' - the Van Gogh Sunflowers etc. I also love her accent - sort of like the Norfolk of Australia or something

Absolutely.

I didn't actually find the "funny" bits that funny, as it's not my style of humour, but Jesus the last 30 minutes really give you a lot to think about.

The way she told the story about the lad thinking she was smacking on to his gf as a funny anecdote at the start of the show, and then when she reflected back on in in the last half hour and described what really happened was so powerful.

It's really made me think since when I've heard a comic from a LGB background or from an ethnic or cultural minority tell similar stories that they might be telling it for laughs, but what really happened and how did it affect them?

And no, I'm struggling to think of anything anyone else has ever done that's more amazing. Blew me away and I've been wanting to share it with somebody ever since. So thank you !

Dinosaur for me the weaving of the threads is what makes it so brilliant. She says she's good at what she does and she shows us how good she is. She sets lots up in the first half.

Nobody I recently was at the Van Gogh museum. I wish she'd been my guide!!!

I really liked what she said about minority groups' self-depreciation on the comedy stage being self-humiliation in a bid to be allowed a platform to speak. That rings so very true.

I found her fury almost cathartic. I feel it too but I dont have anybody to hear it and even if I did, i couldn't do it as craftily as she did, without losing soul.

I'd never heard of her but someone recommended I watch Nanette and I was blown away. I've never seen or heard anything like it.

Absolutely agree. Watched it a few weeks ago and still talking about it.

Yesssssssssssssssssss!!!!!! Totally agree with everything she says, plus I hate Picasso too :)

Maybe we should just say “it’s compulsory viewing” and not reveal too much...

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3284249-Hannah-Gadsby-Nanette
YANBU OP
I also loved her in Please Like Me on netflix.
She's writing a book (memoir) 10 steps to Nanette atm

I’ll be unpopular for saying this, but I watched the first 20 minutes and gave up. I just wasn’t feeling the love. Is there a point at which it picks up?

Yes.
It goes from her usual brand of stand-up to something more akin to theatre, quite electric as she does not break the tension...it is cleverly done, describing how comedy works, deconstructing it, then creating an anger, a tension, whereby you had laughed previously but end up crying for her. Is it funny? In places, yes, but it becomes something else entirely..a feminist manifesto almost.
Well aware of how wanky I sound but I have seen a fair amount of stand-up and the effect of this set was dazzling.
but I came to it cold..no prior knowledge of the content nor any hype around it and that is the crucial difference.

@Livingoncake worth going back and starting from where you left off. Things take a dramatic turn from just after there...

Should be compulsory viewing - particularly for men.

MozzieMagnet I also came to it cold. I think it's the best way, which is stopping me saying too much!

Bertrand I think it would be good for all teenagers to see it too. Not quite sure of the age but probably at around 16/17. Or younger (I don't have teens so can't quite tell!).

It’s just outstanding. But you do have to warn people that they need to watch the first half before it really kicks into top gear.

I found her fury almost cathartic

Me too. And I'd only put it on as background noise originally, having no idea what it really was and having very low expectations.

I don't really know what word to use to describe it, but I am so glad I did see it. I want to make everybody watch it!

I watched it with my 17 year old ds. He didn't want to talk about it afterwards. "I'll tell you when I'm ready". That was quite a while ago.

I liked it from the beginning. I like the analysis of self deprecating women comedians. I hate that even proper feminists like Jo Brand feel they have to talk about being fat and how much cake they eat.

Oooh this sounds intriguing. I’m going to give it a go and will report back!

Gosh Bertrand. Do you think it was too much for him or he is a ponderer?

Agree about the humility vs humiliation. I occasionally watch some American Palestinian comedians and it's the same.

I am split between wanting to talk about it all and not wanting to say too much because I don't want to give loads of spoilers. Perhaps we need a second thread with a spoiler alert!

I thought that she was utterly mesmerising. I haven't seen any of her other shows and hadn't heard of her before watching Nanette. It was one of those performances where it stays with you for a long time afterwards.

Yes! I watched it not expecting much. Mostly because I'd seen so many glowing but vague articles and thought it would be disappointing. Also I don't tend to take to new (to me) comedians easily.

Laughed out loud and then cried till the credits. Was something so moving about it.

I've recommended it to so many people now, and can't wait till I can meet up with them and discuss it.

This thread makes me want to watch it again and see how different it feels second time round.

It was just as good on second viewing. I was so blown away on my first viewing, there were more things I picked up the second time around. Left me with more to think about. And made me cry again.

Is the recording available anywhere other than Netflix? Most of the people I wanted to recommend it to don't have Netflix.

I don't know if it's available anywhere else, I'm guessing Netflix have the rights, but no idea! However I think you can get a free sign up to Netflix like a free trial month, at least sometimes, so maybe they could sign up then to watch.

I want to watch it a second time too. It was so masterful the way she casts nets all over the place in the first half and then pulls them all up at the end. The content was brilliant and the way it was woven together was at least as good.

That's aside from what the content actually is.

I can't wait to watch it again.

And I'd hate to be a stand up comic now because how do you top THAT!

I loved this.