Hannah Gadsby - Nanette

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Hi all
Delurking briefly to point you all in the direction of the Netflix release of Hannah Gadsby's Nanette - a stand up recorded at the Sidney Opera House. I just watched and she's brilliant. Fiercely feminist, funny, passionate, angry, emotional, and so so smart. I hadn't heard of her before but enjoyed it so much I had to share. Off to lurk again now.

You can watch the trailer on youtube:

Thanks for linking

It looks right up my street

Just watched this, it was brilliant, so powerful. Thanks for the recommendation.

I watched some of it before I went to work this morning, and the day dragged on so long today, because I wanted to get home and watch the rest of it. So very powerful. And I agree, the most profound, uplifting, sad, powerful line

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself

There are some men, or whatever the fuck, who cares, who would do well to remember that.

This was fucking amazing.

She is angry alright, and utterly brilliant.

Thank you so much for sharing this. I watched it last night and can't stop thinking about it. Never wanted to write to someone so much and tell them how in awe of them they are and how brilliantly they speak. Hopefully comedy's loss will be women's gain if she goes on to speak like this round the world. I think all sixth formers should be forced to watch before thy are allowed to leave school.

I was thinking that too @MrSlant. I don't think my 12yr old is ready to watch it just yet, but I'm saving it for her in future years.

I was thinking of sharing it with some of my eldest's friends, they are very strong young women and I think would, not 'enjoy' as such but appreciate the content and make the boys watch it too (they are a brilliant bunch of women my son is very fortunate to hang out with them). I'm scared for that generation going out into the world because they've been brought up through school as equals, the brightest and the best and now they have to leave their bubble and live in the real world and I don't want them broken by that percentage of men who think they are superior! Forewarned is forearmed and all that.

Thanks for the recommendation.

That was very powerful. I did not expect the turn that the performance took, but was compelling. My DH got drawn into it too, which I was pleased to see.

Just watched on the OP's recommendation. Brilliant, heartfelt and brutally honest.

The broken woman bit was so fucking true. Some men have no clue about female resilience when they try to take us on.

Going to watch it again with my young teenaged DD.

I'd remembered the MN recommendations when I was browsing for something to watch earlier, and SO glad I did - to OP for bringing it to my attention.

Such an incredibly powerful & poignant performance - at times had me whooping along with her, at others in tears

Like @spontaneousgiventime & @FlippinFuman, stand out line that speaks to both my own story & that of the many of the women I most admire has to be:

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself

Amazing show. So powerful

Thank you so much for the recommendation. This was just amazing. Even having read this thread I did not expect the turning point to be where it was.

Everyone should watch this. And as someone upthread said I want to reach out to her so so much, i am making a mental list of people to share it with.

Wow, I just watched this with DD (16). So powerful. My head is full of the things she said.

Wow, I just watched this with DD (16). So powerful. My head is full of the things she said.

Wow just watched this and it is so powerful. I cried when she talked about her experiences. I found her stuff about self-deprecation and freezing trauma inside jokes as well as talking about how toxic shame is and how it has such an impact on your life choices really moving.

I hope this gets out to a wider audience.

I laughed and then I cried - wow. So much more than I was expecting.

I loved this, so powerful!

Just finished watching this, thanks so much for the recommendation. Brilliant, righteous, brave, angry stuff. Incredibly powerful

I feel I've done a public service by sharing! There's another thread on her now. Spread the word people (said in HG's accent!).

I wonder whether she will tour again, or maybe write a book and do a book tour... I would love to see her live.

'I feel I've done a public service by sharing! '

You certainly have I'm spreading the word among friends

I watched this yesterday.

Brilliant

Amazing woman and I'm so glad she shared her story. So brave.

So thought provoking

Loved this. Powerful stuff at the end.

I'm halfway through, and have to come back to thank you OP - it's fantastic.

What I enjoy, is that it's funny, but so much of it is through gritted teeth - it's so very, very relatable. I feel like I could sit in silence with a cup of tea with Hannah, and it would be fine, like nothing would need to be said, and we could drink that cuppa, then get up and go on with our days, and we would both be fine with that.

Oh God. Lesbians give feed back, and men have opinions.. I have to stop typing and listen, it's too good.

Right, well, that took a turn.

Still thank you very much OP - even though it's tears of sympathy rather than laughter now.

I felt pretty shaken up by the end Orange, and haven't stopped thinking about her since. You have no idea where the show will end up when you're chortling away in the first few minutes. It's so brilliantly written and performed