From profane to profound: Wil Anderson on the changing face of standup

Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette pushed her peers to interrogate their approach. ‘As times change, it’s right that comedy can become outdated,’ Anderson says

Wil Anderson and I are sitting outside a South Melbourne café, our ears burning in the sun. We’re here to discuss his mammoth year of multiple tours – but the ears of other comedians might be burning too.

I’ve suggested that Nanette – Hannah Gadsby’s subversive 2017 show, which became a global hit as a Netflix special – has put pressure on comedians to create something profound and altruistic. If not a life changer, then it was at least a game changer.

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