Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go (2024)
June 17, 2024 2:04 PM - Subscribe
Hannah Einbinder, acclaimed for her Emmy-nominated role in "Hacks," brings her stand-up prowess to the forefront with "Everything Must Go," her debut comedy special that showcases her comedic talents.
Interview on Fresh Air today: Comic Hannah Einbinder on 'Hacks,' cheerleading and laughs as a love language
posted by ShooBoo at 7:01 PM on June 17
posted by ShooBoo at 7:01 PM on June 17
Pretty sure I put a link to Max in the A link to stream or purchase field on the submission form. I guess it doesn't attach it to the post?
Anyway in Australia it's on Binge.
posted by onya at 7:55 PM on June 17
Anyway in Australia it's on Binge.
posted by onya at 7:55 PM on June 17
Holy smokes is that a terrible trailer, Ideefixe. For what it's worth, I'd have assumed she got this special on the strength of (and synergistic opportunity with) Hacks, and -- nepo or not -- I think she's really well cast in Hacks.
I enjoyed watching, but I had some trouble with it from a couple angles, and I wasn't expecting that:
1) It's weird watching this after Hacks and seeing some mannerisms that are -- I'd assumed -- played for intentional irony in that context (and/or played for Jean Smart to scoff at) show up kinda straight here. I'm not talking about the content, more...gestures and the like, or tones of voice.
2) Another set of mannerisms seemed to be playing at delivering/inhabiting Wisdom (like the Laurie Anderson-style pauses between words, for example, which you can see in the trailer's single joke), and I probably just have trouble not taking that as at least a little bit phony from someone in their 20s. This one might just be my fault (I mean, was Laurie Anderson doing those pauses in her 20s? I bet so!). She's clearly super smart. But the "let me fill you in on how this works" stuff (for another adjacent example) feels like a shaky choice to me. I think most comics (or at least the ones successful enough to reach my eyes) tend to soften those potentially pedantic edges, and there's probably a good reason for that.
Oh, wait, also 3) I did not think all the looking straight into that stage-right camera was a good idea!
I guess the sum total of 1, 2, and 3 (but especially 2 and 3), is that there was a lot that felt mannered, and I wonder if reaching this fame-level as an actor before reaching it as a standup might mean the standup hasn't gone through the same sort of crucible it otherwise would?
But holy smokes did I think it played well when she suddenly dropped into those rapid-fire 1930s voices!
posted by nobody at 8:02 PM on June 17 [3 favorites]
I enjoyed watching, but I had some trouble with it from a couple angles, and I wasn't expecting that:
1) It's weird watching this after Hacks and seeing some mannerisms that are -- I'd assumed -- played for intentional irony in that context (and/or played for Jean Smart to scoff at) show up kinda straight here. I'm not talking about the content, more...gestures and the like, or tones of voice.
2) Another set of mannerisms seemed to be playing at delivering/inhabiting Wisdom (like the Laurie Anderson-style pauses between words, for example, which you can see in the trailer's single joke), and I probably just have trouble not taking that as at least a little bit phony from someone in their 20s. This one might just be my fault (I mean, was Laurie Anderson doing those pauses in her 20s? I bet so!). She's clearly super smart. But the "let me fill you in on how this works" stuff (for another adjacent example) feels like a shaky choice to me. I think most comics (or at least the ones successful enough to reach my eyes) tend to soften those potentially pedantic edges, and there's probably a good reason for that.
Oh, wait, also 3) I did not think all the looking straight into that stage-right camera was a good idea!
I guess the sum total of 1, 2, and 3 (but especially 2 and 3), is that there was a lot that felt mannered, and I wonder if reaching this fame-level as an actor before reaching it as a standup might mean the standup hasn't gone through the same sort of crucible it otherwise would?
But holy smokes did I think it played well when she suddenly dropped into those rapid-fire 1930s voices!
posted by nobody at 8:02 PM on June 17 [3 favorites]
(I'm compelled to add: I think I might have liked this wholeheartedly when I was 22. At some point in my 20s I was on what felt like a fancy Q&A panel for something I had edited -- alongside the artist/director, and the actors -- and I'm pretty sure I slipped into that Laurie Anderson cadence and thought I was being sort of cool about it, but in retrospect I bet I came off as kinda phony, too.)
posted by nobody at 8:43 PM on June 17 [2 favorites]
posted by nobody at 8:43 PM on June 17 [2 favorites]
I liked it. I like her on Hacks, she’s still so young but I like her confidence. I thought this show was fine, not ground breaking but a good first attempt and her backstory is interesting. She is a talented young woman and I look forward to seeing her shape her career. And the voices were so fun!!
posted by pearlybob at 3:19 AM on June 18 [1 favorite]
posted by pearlybob at 3:19 AM on June 18 [1 favorite]
I liked this a lot, especially the Mother Earth as Marisa Tomei breaking up with humanity bit highlighted in this AV Club review.
I'd only seen her work before in Hacks, and it was interesting to see which parts of her stand up reminded me of her character from that and which felt different. I don't feel like Ava seems like she does impressions. Or has a bit about competitive cheerleading, heh.
It was a little uneven and I can see people bouncing off some of the delivery, which I agree is pretty mannered in parts. I didn't mind that though - she clearly put a lot of thought into the staging and performance, and stand up doesn't have to be just naturalistic storytelling.
I didn't realize her mom is Laraine Newman til I looked it up afterwards, and I kind of like that she talked about her mom's influence on her without getting into the showbiz stuff specifically.
posted by the primroses were over at 5:17 PM on June 18 [3 favorites]
I'd only seen her work before in Hacks, and it was interesting to see which parts of her stand up reminded me of her character from that and which felt different. I don't feel like Ava seems like she does impressions. Or has a bit about competitive cheerleading, heh.
It was a little uneven and I can see people bouncing off some of the delivery, which I agree is pretty mannered in parts. I didn't mind that though - she clearly put a lot of thought into the staging and performance, and stand up doesn't have to be just naturalistic storytelling.
I didn't realize her mom is Laraine Newman til I looked it up afterwards, and I kind of like that she talked about her mom's influence on her without getting into the showbiz stuff specifically.
posted by the primroses were over at 5:17 PM on June 18 [3 favorites]
I feel like she's born to play Poison Ivy. Do it like The Joker; no Batman, no heroes, just her as an unhinged environmental extremist.
posted by jordemort at 10:02 PM on June 18 [1 favorite]
posted by jordemort at 10:02 PM on June 18 [1 favorite]
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posted by Ideefixe at 5:12 PM on June 17