Her life changed dramatically with the stellar success of Nanette, then the pandemic hit – so Hannah Gadsby’s new live show is all about working out a new world.
, is a feel-good piece. The Tasmanian comic whose Netflix specialbestseller, made a conscious effort to create a show that would respond to what the world needs now.
Ironically, improvements in Gadsby’s personal situation have made it harder for her to do her job. “Every show I do is about where I am in life, and it might sound odd but where my life is at at the moment, it’s very difficult to do comedy about – because by and large I’m happy. And nobody really wants to hear about that,” she says with a laugh. “People love misery.
Along the way, there was a public stoush with comedian Dave Chappelle, who said she wasn’t funny, and who she later described as having an “emotionally stunted partial world view”, and then Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos.Douglasentered is a different Netflix to that which exists now, she argues. “I’m a bit sad that my work has to sit side by side with overpaid transphobic shit. But it’s an algorithm right, algorithms, they’re not focused on exploration or potential of new creativity.
Another is the fact she has reached a level of financial stability, so being on the road is slightly less stressful. “Touring is exceptionally exhausting for where I am on the spectrum, a lot of it has to do with unfriendly environments. A lot of my time is spent in recovery but I love my job,” she says. “The thing about success is you do things a little bit more kindly, money is a way of buying accessiblity.
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