stand up comedy
Emily Wheeler delves into the hot topic of what exactly makes something a film – here using the example of Hannah Gadsby’s Netflix special Nanette.
Gadsby delivers Nanette with not just a message, but a narrative, something more commonly described by another word when such a show is recorded – film.
Even if Douglas doesn’t match its predecessor, the material is strong enough that it could still wind up being the second greatest stand-up film of all time.
Funny Cow is one of the most harmful depictions of the British working class in popular culture since Sacha Baron Cohen’s Grimsby, in addition to being one of the most mindbogglingly racist and homophobic films in recent memory.