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Mae Martin

The non-binary comedian Mae Martin speaks of a world that has gone off the rails. Among other things, Mae Martin mentions a mythical encounter with a moose and the gender spectrum in the story &quot;Beauty and the Beast&quot;.

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Mae Martin: SAP

Wanted to like this!

I&apos;ve been a fan of Mae&apos;s since first seeing them on Baroness Von Sketch Show occasionally. On a recent road trip my wife and I got a lot of enjoyment when we listened to the Don&apos;t Ask Tig episode that featured Mae, and who didn&apos;t enjoy what they brought to the second season of The Flight attendant?

This stand-however, didn&apos;t work for me. My score of 5/10 is solely for Mae, and I feel like this special was deeply hampered by poor direction.

There were multiple moments that could have been tightened-up with some editorial guidance. I wasn&apos;t bothered, as some other reviewers were, by &quot;stories within stories&quot; tangents, because I&apos;ve seen plenty of it in stand-up and as long as it isn&apos;t abused (as it wasn&apos;t here), it actually helps my enjoyment. It&apos;s part misdirection, part timing.

I&apos;m not sure why Mae or Netflix chose Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) to direct this. I mentioned Tig Notaro earlier, someone who actually has experience directing a stand-up special, and a similar person (if not Tig, exactly) might have brought a more editorial approach.

I also feel like Netflix has a problem with wanting to capitalize on talents who are &quot;hot&quot;, without evaluating whether someone has enough material or a tight enough set to bring it home in a special. I don&apos;t remember the last Netflix stand-up that I actually enjoyed. Thinking more widely, I wondered when I last enjoyed a stand-up and it was 2022&apos;s Rothaniel from Jerrod Carmichael. I appreciate that Mae and Jerrod have very different vibes, and I&apos;m not saying Mae needs to be more subdued or that Abbi should have copied the &quot;intimate&quot; feel that Rothaniel had, but maybe there&apos;s some space somewhere in-between where this same act, slightly pared down, doesn&apos;t fall so flat.

Oh, and the opening/closing segments didn&apos;t really add anything to the special for me. They were just there.

Official Trailer

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I've been a fan of Mae's since first seeing them on Baroness Von Sketch Show occasionally. On a recent road trip my wife and I got a lot of enjoyment when we listened to the Don't Ask Tig episode that featured Mae, and who didn't enjoy what they brought to the second season of The Flight attendant?

This stand-however, didn't work for me. My score of 5/10 is solely for Mae, and I feel like this special was deeply hampered by poor direction.

There were multiple moments that could have been tightened-up with some editorial guidance. I wasn't bothered, as some other reviewers were, by "stories within stories" tangents, because I've seen plenty of it in stand-up and as long as it isn't abused (as it wasn't here), it actually helps my enjoyment. It's part misdirection, part timing.

I'm not sure why Mae or Netflix chose Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) to direct this. I mentioned Tig Notaro earlier, someone who actually has experience directing a stand-up special, and a similar person (if not Tig, exactly) might have brought a more editorial approach.

I also feel like Netflix has a problem with wanting to capitalize on talents who are "hot", without evaluating whether someone has enough material or a tight enough set to bring it home in a special. I don't remember the last Netflix stand-up that I actually enjoyed. Thinking more widely, I wondered when I last enjoyed a stand-up and it was 2022's Rothaniel from Jerrod Carmichael. I appreciate that Mae and Jerrod have very different vibes, and I'm not saying Mae needs to be more subdued or that Abbi should have copied the "intimate" feel that Rothaniel had, but maybe there's some space somewhere in-between where this same act, slightly pared down, doesn't fall so flat.

Oh, and the opening/closing segments didn't really add anything to the special for me. They were just there.

The non-binary comedian Mae Martin speaks of a world that has gone off the rails. Among other things, Mae Martin mentions a mythical encounter with a moose and the gender spectrum in the story "Beauty and the Beast".

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