re: Hannah gadsby Netflix special

I slogged through this. It took some doing. I didn't want to respond to my friends who were telling me that this was "the future of comedy" without seeing the entire thing.

The breakdown:
One part standup
One part Ted Talk on art history
One part rant against male hypocrisy and violent bigotry

I'm not sure how she could be the future of comedy when the point of her act is that she is done with jokes and comedy and she will go forward as a story teller. Her stand is that laughter is not the best medicine, hindsight and truth are.

This is all fine, and I understand her plight and applaud her for taking her stand. I even get the power of luring people in for a comedy show and then hitting them with a scalding lecture. It worked, her message is worldwide now.

But she's done as a comedian. If she does a follow-up it has to be a straight-up inspirational lecture and not a speech hidden in stand-up's clothing.

She did a great job of accomplishing what she intended to do. The disservice is from the people putting her in the position as "the future of comedy." Whoever is saying that didn't pay attention to what the woman was saying.