Because of the quickly expanding content offered by Netflix it is really hard to keep up what is being added. Especially the last couple of months I haven’t been very active when it comes to movies and blogging in general. I do listen to a lot of podcasts and a couple where mentioning the title of this Netflix-special. As show by an Australian stand-up comedian which is supposed to be more than just entertainment, but also a deconstruction of the genre and which makes you think. I really wasn’t prepared on how much this artist would move and impress me. A show which you simply can’t miss.
Gadsby starts as you’d expect from such a show, she makes jokes about her sexuality and how there wasn’t any place for homosexuals in the place she grew up, Tasmania, as it was forbidden until 1997. She tells how she’s regularly mistaken for being a man and how others handle that. As the show progresses though she admits that she’s thinking about stopping. She doesn’t want to keep building up tension and make it disappear by telling a joke. She wants to tell more and eventually she does just that. In an impressive way she mixes art history with the #MeToo movement and the male perspective dominating the world. She tells it is difficult being different and you need to claim your place. She filled with emotion and that really comes across to the viewer. She makes you feel and think about subject matter many would see as a fact. At the same time she’s also critical about the way she tells her story, because she knows that could have negative consequences as well. According to Gadsby artists are the product of their time, which she shows in an exquisite way. Should she really stop than she will have made her mark and probably inspire others. And that’s something not many standup shows manage to accomplish.
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