Hannah Gadsby spins her own life story into a clever, raging and confronting spiel against misogyny, homophobia and even the tired old tropes of comedy itself.

| Aug 5, 2019

When Gadsby wrenches out her pain on stage, she reveals her strength, rage, and yes, winning humor.

| Nov 20, 2018

Gadsby is tired of censoring her own pain for the sake of making audiences feel comfortable. Nanette is a testament to this. It's time to make audiences feel uncomfortable in order to wake them up.

| Sep 24, 2018

I am also exactly who this special is for. For Gadsby's fury is directed at people like me with laser-like acumen, humor and sobering grace.

| Aug 2, 2018

Gadsby's show is a tricksy, self-conscious beast, full of sleight of hand... It is a strange, rare thing: a comedy show that hopes you don't leave laughing.

| Jul 19, 2018

You can believe this was a show that existed only in this moment and you feel elevated from being a part of it.

| Jul 19, 2018

Gadsby explains how comedy works, how tension is broken to bring relief. By the end, there is no relief for the audience. But perhaps there is some for Gadsby. After years of telling jokes, she is finally telling her story.

| Jul 19, 2018

When you take the anti-irony train all the way to the end of the line, one place you can end up is Nanette.

| Jul 19, 2018

She offers an alternative to privilege and hate that is so simple, so beautiful and so right, it shimmers.

| Jul 19, 2018

The laughs of her show are a means to an end, which is, at its core, a ferocious attack on comedy itself.

| Jul 19, 2018

Storytelling is important to Gadsby, and the biggest point she makes in the special is that we've been telling ourselves stories the wrong way.

| Jul 6, 2018

Gadsby invites us in, pushes us back. She reveals and withdraws and then finally, devastatingly, reveals so much that the pain and anger seeps from the screen. It is remarkable.

| Jul 5, 2018

What Gadsby does in this unassuming sneak attack is disassembly of the artistry and trick of comedy itself.

| Jul 5, 2018

It might not be the funniest routine you watch all year, but it's unique, and it will make you think.

| Jul 5, 2018

It's a powerful rejection of comedy itself.

| Jul 5, 2018

In Nanette we witness the shock of the new, a voice that dares to speak to this frustrating and often hideous cultural moment, a comedian willing to drop the act. I would call Gadsby a genius, but she would likely push back against that term.

| Jul 3, 2018

This is different. Not a little different, but totally different.

| Jul 3, 2018

Hannah Gadsby's Nanette is the mic drop to end all mic drops-a cross between comedy special and one-woman show that's actually a 69-minute Dear John letter to the entire enterprise of stand-up.

| Jul 2, 2018

A devastating, furious farewell.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 28, 2018

Art, Gadsby makes clear-from painting to comedy-does not liberate everyone equally. It can replicate the same privileges and exclusions as the culture in which it was made.

| Jun 28, 2018