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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 The outdoors, no matter how fancy, is not the natural habitat of carpet. The white carpet at the Netflix Emmys party bothered me so much that I failed to notice I was in the middle of what could have easily been a genuine fever dream.
#2 I was eventually able to meet Jennifer Aniston, one of the most beloved celebrities there was. I was terrified, but she was extremely welcoming and warm. She did not ask me about my show, but instead just wanted to know if I had seen Friends.
#3 I was never interested in pursuing Hollywood success. I was a financially insecure autistic Australian genderqueer vagina-wielding situation who did not have a bird-like skeletal system. I was too lazy to pursue anything that could only ever lead to being a monumental waste of time and energy.
#4 I had written a show denouncing the two most overly sensitive demographics in the world: straight white cis men and self-righteous comedians. I had only myself to blame for the backlash that followed.

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	10 avril 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669382300
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Insights on Hannah Gadsby's Ten Steps to Nanette
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The outdoors, no matter how fancy, is not the natural habitat of carpet. The white carpet at the Netflix Emmys party bothered me so much that I failed to notice I was in the middle of what could have easily been a genuine fever dream.

#2

I was eventually able to meet Jennifer Aniston, one of the most beloved celebrities there was. I was terrified, but she was extremely welcoming and warm. She did not ask me about my show, but instead just wanted to know if I had seen Friends.

#3

I was never interested in pursuing Hollywood success. I was a financially insecure autistic Australian genderqueer vagina-wielding situation who did not have a bird-like skeletal system. I was too lazy to pursue anything that could only ever lead to being a monumental waste of time and energy.

#4

I had written a show denouncing the two most overly sensitive demographics in the world: straight white cis men and self-righteous comedians. I had only myself to blame for the backlash that followed.

#5

I do not feel compelled to defend Nanette as comedy, because that is a dull game, but I do want to take a moment to directly address any Americans who may be reading this: your comedy gods are not mine. I have heard all about your Saturday Night Live thing, but it means nothing to me.

#6

I had eight hour-long stand-up comedy shows and four comedy-adjacent art history lectures under my belt before I made my big splash in 2018. I don’t think not being able to perform at Caroline's on Broadway has held me back at all.

#7

The problem with comedy is that it is no longer the case that jokes only live in the room where they’re told. Everything you say on stage or online has the potential to be taken out of context, which makes satire impossible to execute without some sort of snag.

#8

I wanted to destroy the myth of the genius and draw attention to the long history of abuses of power that dominate the story of Western art. I wanted to deflate the egos of mythologized artists.

#9

I understand that Nanette is not technically a comedy show, but it is not a human either. It is a monster built out of the remains of comedy. I needed my audience to trust me because I needed them to feel safe, which is the shape of trauma.

#10

I did not create Nanette with a Netflix special in mind. I did not have a deal in place when we filmed it, and the only reason Nanette became a Netflix phenomenon was because she had already inadvertently become a phenomenon on her own.

#11

The purpose of Nanette was never to catapult me into the top rung of the comedy conversation, but to find my small pocket of genuine fans so I could be myself on stage without worrying about making a broad audience feel comfortable.

#12

I owe stand-up comedy my life. It gave me the platform and the purpose to playfully interrogate my own story and unravel the immature and sometimes toxic versions of events that my younger, traumatized brain had settled on.

#13

I performed Nanette for the last time at the Montreal Comedy Festival, and it was a truly unsettling experience. The fever pitch that hit me was unlike anything I’d experienced before, and it gave me the impression that I could have toured Nanette indefinitely. But when people began applauding my setups and joining in with my punches, I knew it was over.

#14

I am a total girrrl boss. I am now financially secure for the first time in my life. I am also white, which remains a distinct advantage whether I acknowledge it or not.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I was always extremely supportive of my children’s ambitions, but I was also biased toward more reliable career avenues. I didn’t have any exposure to creative industries when I was growing up, and I didn’t have any interest in them.

#2

I told my mom I wanted to be a stand-up comedian when I was twenty-seven. She was confused, but she still encouraged me. She didn’t know how bad a life I had been living. I was only ever going to be a late bloomer in life.

#3

I have a clear memory of being born, and it is a complete fabrication. According to my mother, I was an uneventful pregnancy that ended with me shitting on the nurse after taking my first lungful of air.

#4

I had a memory of being two years old and sitting on the dining room floor, surrounded by a sea of hairy chocolate, while my brother drew a human head with a smile, freckles, and a pencil-thin neck. I was jealous, but my body was painfully itchy all over again.

#5

I had a very competitive nature, and I was always trying to beat my brother at games. I was also very good at self-occupation, and I spent a lot of time alone. Hamish was better at this than me, as he was always competing with his brother.

#6

I always wanted to be a dog when I played Towns with my siblings. I was always the dog, and I didn’t have any skills to survive on my own.

#7

I grew up to become a very successful dog. I am a very trusting adult with simple needs, and I like being told I am good. I am distressed by loud noises, and I always feel better after a walk.

#8

I am a mix of my parents’ chalk and cheese, and as a result I am constantly falling apart but still managing to block the exits. I have my father’s preference for non-participation and quiet, but I am constantly shattering my own peace.

#9

Dad was a high school math teacher who played lawn bowls on the weekends. He was not a firecracker of a personality, but he was good at solving problems and fixing things temporarily. He had snapped up rolls of red gaffer tape when the local newsagent had a sale.

#10

The character of our family dynamic was forged by the epic tensions that arise when you try to combine a chunk of cheese with a stick of chalk.

#11

I grew up in a small town on the North West Coast of Tasmania, which was known for its fishing and timber industries. I was extremely isolated as a child, and this is a key ingredient in my complex recipe of identity.

#12

I was born and raised in Smithton, a small town on the North East corner of Tasmania, Australia. I always wished that we’d lived in Stanley instead of Smithton, a charming little fishing village under an impressive volcanic outcrop known as the Nut.

#13

The sound of horse races being called is what defined my childhood, and I was always excited to hear it. However, I didn’t pay much attention to the races because my father listened to them when he was in the garden.

#14

There were at least eight different establishments in Smithton that sold fish and chips. The only other businesses with excessive representation in town were hairdressers and religion. I never ate in any of these establishments, but I always wanted to.

#15

We had one rule that we all respected: the fish was sacred. You couldn’t steal chips out of someone’s mouth, but you couldn’t touch their fish. We all knew that once your fish reached the safety of your plate, you could relax and begin the mindless shoveling of the chips.

#16

I had a difficult time making friends in school, and I was often bullied for my lack of social skills. I eventually realized that popularity was mostly predetermined, and that the safest place to be was in the middle of the middle.

#17

I was not a social climber, and I didn’t want to be. I was fascinated by the cool kids, but I never imagined I would be among them. I spent most of my time in school daydreaming about food or games.

#18

I had a difficult time eating lunch at school, and would often skip it to go next door and visit my neighbors, Nan and Pop. I would tell them all the exciting stories from my day at school, and they would listen intently.