Hannah Gadsby: Douglas

Gadsby performed Douglas globally, opening at the Arts Centre Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia. In her first US tour, she performed across the United States in over 10 states as well as a five week stint at the Daryl Roth Theater in New York City.[2][3] Her tour also had performances in the United Kingdom and across Europe.[4]

The show begins with Gadsby outlining the chronology of the show in a move she says to manage expectations. It begins with mundane observational humor, including mocking American culture. The main thrust of the show continues on topics first highlighted in her previous show Nanette such as her experiences with misogyny and as a lesbian woman and her autism diagnosis often through the lens of historical art.[5][6]

Gadsby cut a portion of her live show discussing a slur that a former girlfriend insulted her with from the Netflix show.[6]

On May 26, 2020, Netflix released a film of Gadsby performing the show in Los Angeles.[7]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 82% based on 12 reviews. Inkoo Kang of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "If Nanette demonstrated Gadsby's mastery of tone and command of the audience, Douglas is an even richer showcase for the comic's technical prowess."[8] Entertainment Weekly 's Leah Greenblatt called it "a natural extension of Nanette and a gentle buffering of it."[3] Brian Logan of The Guardian in commented that "it’s a well-constructed set, with a high hit-rate of jokes".[9] New York Times' Jason Zinoman in his review of the film called it a "surprisingly slick, joke-dense show" and ambitious like her previous special, while also saying that the show's "cleverness gets in its own way".[6] Brian Lowry of CNN however, contrasted it with her previous work Nanette saying "While there are some very funny bits, clever observations and yes, personal information strewn along the way, perhaps inevitably nothing lands with quite the raw intensity of her debut."[10]

• Hannah Gadsby: Douglas on IMDb