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Hannah Gadsby: Nanette

Back then it wasn't a job,wasn't even a hobby, it was a survival tactic

Back then it wasn't a job,
wasn't even a hobby, it was a survival tactic

Full Transcript

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Back then it wasn't a job, wasn't even a hobby,
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it was a survival tactic.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:51
Uploaded
Jun 22, 2025
Genres
documentary, comedy
Production
Guesswork Television

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Movie Summary

Australian comic Hannah Gadsby reshapes standard stand-up by pairing punchlines with personal revelations on gender, sexuality and childhood turmoil.
And... I'm tired of tension. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:04
And... I'm tired of tension.
It is time... I stopped... comedy. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:04
It is time... I stopped... comedy.
Fifteen years ago, I barely graduated from an Art History degree. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
Fifteen years ago, I barely graduated from an Art History de...
Art History. Fifteen-- - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
Art History. Fifteen--
My CV is pretty much a cock and balls drawn under a fax number. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:06
My CV is pretty much a cock and balls drawn under a fax numb...
Could you imagine me working in a gallery with an asymmetrical woolen poncho - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:08
Could you imagine me working in a gallery with an asymmetric...
No. There's... You know, art history is highbrow. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:04
No. There's... You know, art history is highbrow.
I'm not from money, or even that much chat, if I'm honest, but... - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:04
I'm not from money, or even that much chat, if I'm...
High art, you know, that's what elevates and civilizes people. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
High art, you know, that's what elevates and civilizes ...
Well, I'm sorry to inform you, but nobody here is leaving this room a better person. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:06
Well, I'm sorry to inform you, but nobody here is leavi...
We're just rolling around in our own shit here, people. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
We're just rolling around in our own shit here, people.
But I-- A couple of years ago, a man came up to me after... my show. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:06
But I-- A couple of years ago, a man came up to me after... ...
Now, in the show, I'd spoken about taking antidepressant medication, - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:08
Now, in the show, I'd spoken about taking antidepressan...
Now, interestingly, I'd also spoken about how unhelpful unsolicited advice is - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:12
Now, interestingly, I'd also spoken about how unhelpful...
He said, "You shouldn't take medication because you're an artist. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
He said, "You shouldn't take medication because yo...
It's important that you feel." - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:22
It's important that you feel."
I tore that man a college debt-sized new arsehole. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:06
I tore that man a college debt-sized new arsehole.
He self-medicated a lot. He drank a lot. He even nibbled on his own paints. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
He self-medicated a lot. He drank a lot. He even nibbled on ...
He didn't just paint sunflowers, he did quite a few portraits of psychiatrists. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:06
He didn't just paint sunflowers, he did quite a few por...
Not even random ones. Psychiatrists who were treating him. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
Not even random ones. Psychiatrists who were treating him.