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by BurningFrog 1545 days ago
Nanette is more an angry speech by a clever and witty person than the "comedy special" it's made out to be.
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I mean she starts out by saying she is quitting comedy.

See also https://blog.ted.com/how-hannah-gadsby-broke-comedy/

Worked for Carlin.
I don't recall Carlin ever playing up self-pity. That's the part, for me, that's hard to watch.

It's the even less funny cousin of cringe comedy, imho.

Well, she’s certainly angry at least.