Hannah Gadsby serves Something Special (and a little stale) on Netflix

It’s tough to be churlish about Gadsby finding happiness, but perhaps the dial has spun too far from the game-changing nature of Nanette.

Hannah Gadsby is a remarkable comedian, not least because they’re unafraid of pushing the boundaries of what comedy actually is. Or, you know, just doing something a little different with the form in a hugely impactful way.

As wildly popular as game-changing show Nanette was – landing Gadsby a major Netflix deal, five-star reviews galore, an Emmy and packed-out performances worldwide – there was also a perplexing (if depressingly familiar) backlash.

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Stephen A Russell is a Melbourne-based arts writer. His writing regularly appears in Fairfax publications, SBS online, Flicks, Time Out, The Saturday Paper, The Big Issue and Metro magazine. You can hear him on Joy FM.

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