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by twoneurons 1540 days ago
Not a fan of how she's focusing her career on grievances and opening up on her grudges. Doesn't lead anywhere.

She's got talent to do more interesting things than complaining about the same over and over, in a dead end road.

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Saw her most recent special (Hasn't been on Netflix or anything) last August in Darwin, and it was a pivot back to more standard comedy. Mentioned some of her issues, but far less rant-orientated than Douglas or Nanette.
I think this sentiment would be good motivation for her to keep on going. For one, a lot of comedy is based on grievance and grudge and presenting them in a novel light. And she is shedding light on subjects, that could use a more honest representation in mainstream culture.

And as a dutch person, I was happy that I could finally watch a comedian with my wife, that didn't have the rapid fire of separate jokes and at some random point just... ends. Instead I could watch a show with her that had theme and an arc, and also wasn't afraid to just put the audience in uncomfortable position and leave them there for a while. It really felt like going to a dutch comedian, and I was surprised to see this have any success in the US market.

I bet she's devastated that her struggles are insufficiently entertaining for you.