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There is just nothing like NataliePalamidessNate.
It is, as Vulture critic Kathryn VanArendonkswrote in her review, the most astonishing special of 2020.
And its out on Netflix today.
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I made a video with Baby Nate with a sketch group called Little Red Feathers.
So in a previous Incubator, I had blown fire.
And so I was like,Oh, what else feels risky to me?
But that was the first ten-minute piece that I created from the show.
On Fear
I have a very high tolerance for fear, I suppose so.
But I dont think, like, actually hurting yourself is risky.
I dont think thats risky in the ways of comedy.
Its challenging for me to feel fear onstage.
Id say what Im most after is an adrenaline rush.
I dont really feel scared.
But Im not scared.
Im more excited to try something that I think is crazy.
And to shock people, I think, is so much fun.
Then they have to come out onstage and make a run at figure out what that pose was.
And when theyre getting closer to the position, the audience claps.
When theyre getting very close to success, the audience claps louder.
And then when you get far away from it, the clapping goes away.
But always be in the moment.
And in terms of creating Nate, I definitely adjusted the character based on what people were responding to.
And then if they disapproved of something, you either drop it or you lean into it.
But to us its a compliment, because at our best, were idiots.
Theyre beautiful to us.
And its a great success when you do something thats really, really fucking stupid.
Theyre always figuring out ways to resolve problems in the most complicated, inefficient way.
But all of this stuff about Me Too kind of erupted.
On those signs I would encourage people to just feel free to leave.
Thats always why I feel stuck in my seat if I think a comedy show sucks or something.
But sometimes you just got to bust out of there.
Id say the show is definitely a hybrid of many different things.
Clown in its purest form definitely has more innocence to it than this show has.
Its still being optimistic.
The clown is always the optimist.
And it is not at all, which is the gag.
On the Internet
The internet is one of the greatest weapons against mankind.
The internet cannot be our town hall.
I think social media does a great disservice to us.
Of course its an important tool, and it can be used for good things.
I think we need a lot of people to get on board with that idea.
Nobody knows exactly how to tackle this beast.
Weve unleashed the beast how do we get it back into its arena?
It allows for no empathy or nuance.
You dont text them, because everybody always says texting arguments always end badly.
Even emails people get scared to write emails because theyre afraid theyre going to be taken the wrong way.
Texting is a terrible form of communication.
Even letters are better.
At least you get some sense of care when you get a letter.
Texts are just so flippant and brief and easy to send.
Theres no care behind them.
We need to take better care of each other.
