Two of the most talked about shows right now — both streaming on Netflix — are “Nanette,” the passionate and potentially game-changing performance by comedian Hannah Gadsby, and “Bombshell,” a documentary about the woman many consider the most beautiful to ever grace a screen.
On the face of it, you might think there could not be two more diverse women: Gadsby is an Australian gender- and genre-probing lesbian. Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born Jew who emigrated here and found film stardom — as well as six husbands. But viewers are clearly responding to both women who, while more than 70 years apart, are capturing a moment. The truth is, if the two time-traveled to meet, they might say, “Yeah, me too!”
Gadsby, whose powerful and surprising rant of a performance manages to analyze and question her dedication to stand-up comedy — claims she has often been the butt of jokes, and asks what self-deprecation means...
On the face of it, you might think there could not be two more diverse women: Gadsby is an Australian gender- and genre-probing lesbian. Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born Jew who emigrated here and found film stardom — as well as six husbands. But viewers are clearly responding to both women who, while more than 70 years apart, are capturing a moment. The truth is, if the two time-traveled to meet, they might say, “Yeah, me too!”
Gadsby, whose powerful and surprising rant of a performance manages to analyze and question her dedication to stand-up comedy — claims she has often been the butt of jokes, and asks what self-deprecation means...
- 7/31/2018
- by Mary Murphy and Michele Willens
- The Wrap
For the 11th year, the festival will present the Just for Laughs Awards Show, hosted by Alonzo Bodden, honoring some of the biggest names in comedy. This year’s ceremony will be held at 3 p.m.
July 27 in the Grand Salon Opera of the Hyatt Regency Montreal.
Liz Flahive & Carly Mensch (pictured top)
Comedy Writers of the Year, “Glow”
Even across a crowded writers’ room, we saw each other as like-minded brains,” Mensch says of her chemistry with Flahive, her co-creator on the hit Netflix series “Glow.” They met as playwrights in New York 10 years ago, but started talking about doing a show together while working on “Nurse Jackie.” The particular idea for the Glorious Ladies of Wrestling came about after they watched the Brett Whitcomb documentary looking back on the original show. “I think, ultimately, it felt like a world that would be a great container for all of...
July 27 in the Grand Salon Opera of the Hyatt Regency Montreal.
Liz Flahive & Carly Mensch (pictured top)
Comedy Writers of the Year, “Glow”
Even across a crowded writers’ room, we saw each other as like-minded brains,” Mensch says of her chemistry with Flahive, her co-creator on the hit Netflix series “Glow.” They met as playwrights in New York 10 years ago, but started talking about doing a show together while working on “Nurse Jackie.” The particular idea for the Glorious Ladies of Wrestling came about after they watched the Brett Whitcomb documentary looking back on the original show. “I think, ultimately, it felt like a world that would be a great container for all of...
- 7/18/2018
- by Tara Bitran and Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
For an artist who is wowing audiences with her eloquence, Hannah Gadsby finds herself at a loss for words when talking about the reaction to her Netflix special, “Nanette.”
“It’s a bit much,” she admits with a laugh. “I’ve had to go into hiding.”
The show, named after a judgmental barista the self-described “butch” lesbian Gadbsy encountered, hit Netflix in late June. It became an instant viral sensation, prompting praise on social media from everyone from Jon Favreau to Kathy Griffin to Roxanne Gay. Startlingly frank and personal, it blends standup with art history and incisive commentary on the very nature of what comedy is. It also features the Tasmania native declaring she is quitting comedy, something her legions of new fans are sure to take issue with.
The special hit while Gadsby was still in New York, touring with the show, and she admits she could feel an immediate change.
“It’s a bit much,” she admits with a laugh. “I’ve had to go into hiding.”
The show, named after a judgmental barista the self-described “butch” lesbian Gadbsy encountered, hit Netflix in late June. It became an instant viral sensation, prompting praise on social media from everyone from Jon Favreau to Kathy Griffin to Roxanne Gay. Startlingly frank and personal, it blends standup with art history and incisive commentary on the very nature of what comedy is. It also features the Tasmania native declaring she is quitting comedy, something her legions of new fans are sure to take issue with.
The special hit while Gadsby was still in New York, touring with the show, and she admits she could feel an immediate change.
- 7/6/2018
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
In “Nanette,” Hannah Gadsby asks, “Where are the quiet gays supposed to go?” It’s clear Gadsby is not a quiet gay. By the end of her rousing hour-long soliloquy, she’s ranged from the design flaws of the gay flag to Pablo Picasso’s misogyny, and contends that her favorite sound in the world is that of “a teacup finding its place on a saucer.” However, I suspect it may actually be the sound of the thunderous applause that erupts after her artful lambasting of a celebrity culture that prizes bad men over everyone else.
To men, particularly straight white men, she says: “‘Pull your socks up.’ How’s that for humiliation? Fashion advice from a lesbian, and that’s your last joke.” The moment comes just before Gadsby winds up for the home stretch, a poetic takedown of a cult of celebrity, rooted in sexism, that led to...
To men, particularly straight white men, she says: “‘Pull your socks up.’ How’s that for humiliation? Fashion advice from a lesbian, and that’s your last joke.” The moment comes just before Gadsby winds up for the home stretch, a poetic takedown of a cult of celebrity, rooted in sexism, that led to...
- 7/6/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
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