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On a scale of one to catastrophe, telling a moviemaker that you hate rom-coms is pretty minor.
But its been haunting Gadsby,so she lets us know Helpfully!
that we should map out our Richard Curtis thoughts now.
When she says this might be the one thing we can take away, she means it.
Full of self-deprecating laughs and gruesome stories about rabbits.
Thats probably thereallesson she learned about success: Give em a little less.
Its telling how much less Gadsby there is to go around this time.
BothNanetteandDouglashad long Off Broadway engagements sit-downs that culminated in triumphant Netflix specials.
For one thing, its now joined in matrimony.
What did they do during the long shutdown in Australia?
How did Jenno interact with Gadsbys family?
This is the stuff of, frankly, rom-coms.
At the top of the show, she swears that they dont have a good proposal story.
Anyway, I shouldnt have mentioned it.
So what about that fame thing?
(The Gadsby ofDouglaswould not have.)
In the rest of the show, she stops herself from getting into bleak stuff like theRoev.Wadesituation or war.
she shouts every time the world starts to tempt her into turning dark.
Paradoxically, the ruin of her leg has made Gadsby a better physical comedian.
To keep the world from overwhelming her, a whole support structure keeps Gadsby on her path.
Make it a bit.
She shows us her body, the work, and how they inform each other.
We hear about the romance with Jenno, but theres also a sweeter, implied one with herself.
If you take one thing away from this show and all apologies to Richard Curtis that should be it.
