Tig Notaro
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Podcast Appearances
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I thought, I am making a statement, but I'm also a comedian, so I want it to be funny.
And so the funny part to me was what I was talking about while my shirt was off, which is what the comedy community considers hacky bad material, which is airline material.
And I was talking about just stupid, like, what if you're on a flight?
And I don't even remember what I was talking about.
And I just thought it would be a really fun juxtaposition to do something that bold while I was doing something so not respected.
And the audience, they went from shocked to shocked.
It was like I had a shirt on.
They didn't even notice or care anymore.
Like I just did the rest of my show, never talking about my shirt being off.
Well, I didn't go on stage with my shirt off.
I did that halfway through.
So for the first half hour, I'm just dressed like a normal comedian and I guess a gay comedian.
But and then I take my shirt off.
And I think the exciting part was when it merges with my shirt is off, the crowd's going nuts.
And then I go into my airline material and I was like, oh, this feels so good.
It felt so good because you could feel the audience.