Review Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Douglas’ doubles down on the comedy of contradiction

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One of the least famous but most revealing radical arguments of Hannah Gadsby’s breakthrough special, “Nanette,” is that we should only dress babies in the color blue. Sorry pink. Pointing out how blue is associated with coolness as well as the hottest part of the flame, she said with admiration that it’s full of contradictions. So is her comedy.

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