FOF #2637 – Will Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette” Change Comedy for
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show
Fausto Fernós
4.4 • 834 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
The Australian comedian takes us on an emotional roller coaster ride through her own trauma stemming from violence and sexual assault but at the same time making a compelling argument that stand up comedy exploits people’s suffering.
Today comedian Colette Gregory joins us to reflect Hannah Gadsby’s landmark performance “Nanette.” Colette is a trained mental health counselor who works on a wide variety of fields including LGBT folks and sexual assault prevention, and has a lot of insight into this powerful performance.
Plus
➤ Should great works of art be discarded if the people who made them are later found to exploit and abuse people?
➤ Our journey from comedy to performance art and then podcasting.
➤ The power of restorative justice and redemption.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hannah Gatsby's solo show, Nanette, is unlike no other comedy special you've seen before, |
| 0:10.4 | and may be the most important performance of the decade. |
| 0:14.0 | The Australian comedian takes us on an emotional roller coaster ride through her own trauma, |
| 0:19.5 | stemming from violence and sexual assault, |
| 0:21.7 | but at the same time making a compelling argument that stand-up comedy exploits people's suffering. |
| 0:27.6 | Today, comedian Collette Gregory joins us to reflect on Hannah Gadsby's landmark performance, |
| 0:34.4 | Nanette. |
| 0:35.2 | Collette is a trained mental health counselor who works on a wide variety of fields, |
| 0:40.3 | including LGBT folks and sexual assault prevention, and has a lot of insight into this powerful |
| 0:46.5 | performance. |
| 0:47.8 | Plus, should great works of art be discarded if the person who made them are later found |
| 0:52.5 | out to exploit and abuse people. |
| 0:54.9 | Our journey from comedy to performance art and then podcasting. |
| 0:59.7 | And the power of restorative justice and redemption. |
| 1:03.2 | I'm Fausto Furnos. |
| 1:04.7 | I'm Mark Fillion. |
| 1:06.0 | And this is Feast of Fun. |
| 1:09.1 | You have three first names. |
| 1:11.3 | I do. |
| 1:12.0 | I can be a serial killer, watch out. |
| 1:14.0 | So that is my boyfriend. |
| 1:15.4 | His last name's Mitchell. |
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