Gender Agenda (2024) User Reviews

It was fun, some better than others

[adecoy-89662 · 7/10 · 20 March 2024]

I think there must be a bunch political people who are down voting it on principle because this is like any other multi-act standup shows: some great moments, some meh, but overall fun.

I don't really get to hear trans people make fun of themselves that often in the media, and a lot of the comedians did it in really funny ways. It's refreshing to hear jokes and self deprecating humour from a different walk of life.

If you like a wide range of comedy, you'll find some new comedians to love in this show. It's worth your time to make up your own mind and to challenge yourself a little bit. Take each act as their own artist.

Decent comedy sampler

[reverendike-23348 · 7/10 · 17 April 2024]

As with any showcase introducing a number of comedians that were largely unknown, there were hits and misses. Overall, though, I enjoyed it. As others have pointed out, there appeared to be some enhancement of the audience reaction, which seems a bit odd. Perhaps the audience was not advised that it was a recorded performance, or perhaps the venue was not a great fit - you'd expect that loyal local fans of the comics on display would make every effort to attend and be naturally enthusiastic. At any rate, that didn't really impact my reaction to the show. Since this special prompted a batch of hate-downvoting (which seems to be more and more common these days) I looked at a few of those reviewers and found that all or nearly all of their reviews were 1/10. They must be really poor at selecting what movies/specials they decide to invest their time in watching if they continually sit through performances they hate.

Worst comedy stand ups I've ever seen

[ragnarlongdog · 1/10 · 9 March 2024]

Not funny in the slightest, not even a little bit. Boring, laboursome, recycled jokes... if you can call them that, which would be a definite stretch. The comedy is so basic and one dimensional, and they all have a very similar persona. They're duplicates of each other but just look different. It's painfully clear that they are all obsessed with themselves. It's exhausting

There's also a very obvious laugh track played throughout which means the live audience didn't find these people funny. It was so bad that it was akin to a train crash - you can't look away because it's just that terrible. I don't get how they wrote these jokes and genuinely thought that they were writing comedy... Now that's funny!

I enjoyed it

[shishycat-24334 · 8/10 · 4 April 2024]

I enjoyed it, laughed out loud and really enjoyed seeing Hannah relaxed and in her/ his/ their element. She sounded like she might have been sick and getting worse through the evening but she hung in like a trooper. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea. I'm an ally and some of the jokes went over my head but it was really fun. It think it's great to showcase all kinds of talent, pribsbly better than during down ones you don't agree with, especially in comedy which purposefully pushes boundaries. I think Dave Chappelle is interesting and insightful, even if I don't always agree with him. And I'd rather the lgbtq+ community also have a platform too.

love

[holcombekate · 9/10 · 19 March 2024]

I don't usually rate things, but seeing all the 1 star reviews from people who are simply not the target audience made me feel the need to chime in. Hannah Gadsby wanted to put together a group of genderqueer comedians from an array of backgrounds and comedy styles. And that's just what they did.

It felt very much like speed dating different comedy styles. Like if the Blue Collar Comedy Tour was global Queers instead of Southern White men. Hannah Gadsby did a great job folding all the performances together. I already knew Jes Tom and Alok, but the rest were all new to me. Krishna Istha was really fun, great framing and delivery. I also liked Mx. Dahlia Bell's giggle energy and tight formulaic style. I loved that Asha Ward took us on a whole journey, not afraid of pauses, smooth transitions.

Would recommend if you're looking for more Queer comedians in your life!

Where were the jokes?

[derrickcallahan · 1/10 · 15 March 2024]

There was simply nothing funny about this. The comedians were essentially just speaking, and I'm not sure if I laughed even once. But I guess this is sort of the vibe of Hannah Gadsby- stand-up comedy that's so high brow and "deep" (?) that it forgets the punchline.

Netflix is clearly trying to promote this, as it's the number 2 listed stand-up as I'm writing (not in terms of views, but just what they listed). What's wild to me is it sounded like there was a very obvious laugh track included. The laughs would be very short and then abruptly stop. I'd love to see the unedited version. Expecting crickets.

delightful and insightful

[allynyork · 8/10 · 19 March 2024]

Honestly, i'm not surprised. I've been a fan of Hannah Gadsby's for quite a number of years, so her assembling a cast that she as a master of her craft thinks is worth giving a go... yeah, definitely worth my time.

Each comedian has about 10 minutes. Deliver that first joke/theme, expand on it, a couple of twists and sly asides, and then put a bow on it.

Each has distinctive style and much like going to any of my local comedy clubs, that is part of the joy. Is every performer and every joke going to land for me? No. But this show hit well through its tight 75 minutes.

For me the highlights, in addition to Gadsby, were DeAnne Smith, Chloe Petts, and Dahlia Belle.

Don't

[arfdawg-1 · 1/10 · 15 March 2024]

A handful of unknown, completely and totally unfunny miscreants talking for 90 minutes.

I say "talking" because they aren't telling jokes. They are just jammering. I swear Netflix must have stacked the audience with these clowns' friends and even then included a Laugh and Applause blinking light.

Or maybe they just added the sound effects because it's seriously very hard to imagine any normal person laughing at these non-jokes or finding any of it even remotely humorous.

This has to be the worst stand up "special" I have ever seen in my entire life. I was totally bored and horrified that someone actually put money behind this.

Witty insights from and about the LGBTQ+ community

[Valentijn78 · 8/10 · 29 March 2024]

This comedy special consists of 8 stand-up routines from a diverse array of LGBTQ+ performers, from both the UK and the US. Most of them were excellent, though a couple fell a bit short with their material. But even those ones had strong deliveries that bode well for their future performances.

With 8 performers with a related background and a unifying theme I would have expected there would be more overlap in their content, but each one was surprisingly fresh. There's quite a bit of range in their approach to gender, with some laughing an their own personal experiences while others deftly made a mockery of social media and political attacks against the community.

I'm definitely looking forward to more content from these comedians.

Absolute Trash

[yrnmisto · 1/10 · 20 March 2024]

Not funny never laughed once and its mostly recycled jokes from all the "comedians" non of them are funny. They should find jobs and actually be something for the their communities. Hanna should take atleast 10 years or something and work on her material like what Dave Chappelle did and come back better and actually funny. And we all know what she's going to say"They are hate reviewing because am a lesbian woman."Shut up your not funny and you have never been funny. Actully spend time with actual people and not yes man and woman around you so that you can improve your work and be a better comedian.

Was laughing out loud!

[claireafogarty · 10/10 · 11 March 2024]

I really enjoyed this collection of stand-up comedy sets curated by Hannah Gadsby. I was laughing out loud! I appreciated how each comedian approached the general theme of the evening from different angles and the sets flowed together well.

The majority of the comics weren't on my radar yet, so I'm excited to have some new comedians to follow - it was a truly international crowd. I found a lot of it to be quite relatable, even though I don't share the same identities as the comics.

Asha Ward's bit about the butter in the fax machine really got me. I also really enjoyed Chloe Petts' crowd work, and I am sure that she would be a blast at weddings!

Krishna Istha was a real highlight for me as well. "Actually, if you think about it, we were once all trapped in a women's body" and "did you know that the confidence you get from walking through the world as a man is directly proportional to the confidence you need to try stand-up comedy" were the winners of the night!

Absolute garbage don't bother wasting your time

[cwzzcsjf · 1/10 · 2 April 2024]

This is a follow on from her terrible stand-up, special Nanette. The entire show has a bunch of delusional, progressive narcissist, banging on about their gender identity. Almost none of the jokes have punch lines, and then more like rants about the usual suspects, cis white men and so on. The deliveries are horrible. The content of the joke is horrible. I wouldn't recommend watching this. I watched it just to see what these weirdos would talk about, but I would not consider watching it again or recommend watching it to anyone. I thought Hannah Gatsby was awesome and be retiring, which I was very grateful about and yet she's back doing stand-up specials getting paid millions of dollars for it. Do not watch an absolute load of garbage.