tore apart and reinvented the art of stand-up comedy in 60 minutes? maybe so

A powerful special that approaches jokes on a meta level for a greater purpose, before tearing it all down to embrace the most important and necessary parts of any comedy special– vulnerability in storytelling.

This is a special about tension, and about not letting you feel the release of a punchline, so you can come just a little bit closer to knowing how people like Hannah live. And it really is only a little bit closer. Because some of us will never truly know it firsthand. But for 60 minutes, Hannah makes damn sure that you're gonna sit with the feelings she's had to live with her entire life.

self hatred is only ever a seed planted from outside in. but when you do that to a child, it becomes a weed so thick, and it grows so fast, the child doesn't know any different. it becomes as natural as gravity. 

what the fuck this is a comedy why am i crying

THERE IS NOTHING STRONGER THAN A BROKEN WOMAN WHO HAS REBUILT HERSELF

listen im a lesbian and we all know how much we love Feedback but. this really made me feel heard. it has Lesbian Content. it has a whole bit on the colour blue. it has an entire monologue on art history. it has That Last Part. and it really resonated with me.

So I finally caught up with one of the most powerful and human storytelling experience - expertly crafted to ease us in and get comfortable with all the set ups and punchlines, then pulling the rug beneath us all to reveal Gadsby's raw and honest accounts of living against the "norm".

This is truly something you need to experience, something to learn from.

I am in awe.

Boy, Pablo

this comedy set did me like no comedy set ever has, i am in bits

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

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

💔💓

I NEED TO TELL MY STORY WITHOUT JOKES SHE SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Critical viewing. People saying that this 'isn't funny' are missing the point entirely.

Ri e chorei

Never thought a stand-up show would have the capacity of making me completely speechless.

It touched my heart (four stars) but wasn't particularly funny (two stars). Or rather, I'd already seen the two best jokes on Tumblr. (The one about the fart lecturing the nose about the smell, and the one about white men now being a sub-category instead of invisible as the norm).

Then again, it was not meant to be funny.