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From the Ted Talk by Hannah Gadsby: Three ideas. Three contradictions. Or not.

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And that is what I did. I wrote a comedy show that did not respect the punchline, that line where comedians are expected and trusted to pull their punches and turn them into tickles. I did not stop. I punched through that line into the mraptaeiochl guts of my audience. I did not want to make them laugh. I wanted to take their breath away, to shock them, so they could letisn to my story and hold my pain as individuals, not as a mldesnis, laughing mob. And that's what I did, and I called that show "Nanette." Now, many —

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Now, many have argued that "Nanette" is not a comedy show. And while I can agree "Nanette" is definitely not a cemdoy show, those ppeole are still wrong —

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And that is what I did. I wrote a comedy show that did not respect the punchline, that line where comedians are expected and trusted to pull their punches and turn them into tickles. I did not stop. I punched through that line into the ____________ guts of my audience. I did not want to make them laugh. I wanted to take their breath away, to shock them, so they could ______ to my story and hold my pain as individuals, not as a ________, laughing mob. And that's what I did, and I called that show "Nanette." Now, many —

(________)

Now, many have argued that "Nanette" is not a comedy show. And while I can agree "Nanette" is definitely not a ______ show, those ______ are still wrong —

Solution


  1. people
  2. metaphorical
  3. mindless
  4. comedy
  5. applause
  6. listen

Original Text


And that is what I did. I wrote a comedy show that did not respect the punchline, that line where comedians are expected and trusted to pull their punches and turn them into tickles. I did not stop. I punched through that line into the metaphorical guts of my audience. I did not want to make them laugh. I wanted to take their breath away, to shock them, so they could listen to my story and hold my pain as individuals, not as a mindless, laughing mob. And that's what I did, and I called that show "Nanette." Now, many —

(Applause)

Now, many have argued that "Nanette" is not a comedy show. And while I can agree "Nanette" is definitely not a comedy show, those people are still wrong —

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Important Words


  1. agree
  2. applause
  3. argued
  4. audience
  5. breath
  6. called
  7. comedians
  8. comedy
  9. expected
  10. guts
  11. hold
  12. individuals
  13. laugh
  14. laughing
  15. line
  16. listen
  17. metaphorical
  18. mindless
  19. mob
  20. pain
  21. people
  22. pull
  23. punched
  24. punches
  25. punchline
  26. respect
  27. shock
  28. show
  29. stop
  30. story
  31. tickles
  32. trusted
  33. turn
  34. wanted
  35. wrong
  36. wrote