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Hannah Gadsby's Nanette and 'Self-Deprecation Isn't Comedy'
from The Men Behind The Boys · #102
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3 minTim has Ray read lines from Hannah Gadsby's Nanette special and mocks its central thesis that comedians shouldn't self-deprecate, joking about her career and imagining Ray performing the special.
- 21:12Nanette is a Netflix special where the comedian argues comedy should be about sharing your pain in an unfunny way with a captive audience.
- 21:25Tim on the core message: no self-deprecation allowed—she's telling you what comedy has to be.
- 21:57Reading Gadsby's line: 'Everybody knows there is nothing stronger than a woman who has put herself back together.'
- 22:29Tim jokes about Ray Comp walking out instead when the theater announces Hannah Gadsby.
- 22:42Australian comedy has a lot of funny people but also a lot of nonsense.
- 22:57Tim argues that doing stand-up comedy at this point is lame and embarrassing—it's cooler not to do it.
- 23:07He suggests aspiring comedians start a YouTube channel instead of pursuing stand-up.