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But what my mum eventually said to me
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Hannah Gadsby: Nanette

But what my mum eventually said to me is pretty much... at the core of why I'm...

But what my mum eventually said to me is pretty much... at the core of why I'm questioning... comedy

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But what my mum eventually said to me
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is pretty much... at the core
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of why I'm questioning... comedy.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:41
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.
She said to me, "The thing I regret - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:07
She said to me, "The thing I regret
I knew... well before you did... - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:04
I knew... well before you did...
That your life was going to be so hard. I knew that, - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:08
That your life was going to be so hard. I knew that,
And I know I made it worse, - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:13
And I know I made it worse,
How did my mum - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:06
How did my mum
See... I think part of my problem - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:08
See... I think part of my problem
The way I've been telling that story - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
The way I've been telling that story
And stories... unlike jokes, need three parts. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
And stories... unlike jokes, need three parts.
And what I had done, with that comedy show about coming out, - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:13
And what I had done, with that comedy show about coming out,
And that story became a routine, and through repetition, - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:09
And that story became a routine, and through repetition,
But unfortunately that joke version was not nearly sophisticated enough - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:09
But unfortunately that joke version was not nearly sophistic...
Punch lines need trauma - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:06
Punch lines need trauma
Need tension, and tension feeds trauma. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:04
Need tension, and tension feeds trauma.
I didn't come out to my grandma last year because I'm still ashamed of who I am. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
I didn't come out to my grandma last year because I...
But, right there, - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
But, right there,
You learn from the part of the story you focus on. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
You learn from the part of the story you focus on.
Because the closet, for me, was no easy thing... to come out of. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
Because the closet, for me, was no easy thing... to come out...
From the years 1989 to 1997, right? - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:05
From the years 1989 to 1997, right?
Tasmania was at the center of a very toxic national debate - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:08
Tasmania was at the center of a very toxic national debate
And I'm from the northwest coast of Tasmania, the Bible Belt. - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 00:04
And I'm from the northwest coast of Tasmania, the Bible...