#netflix comedy special mae martin

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Exclusive Interview: Mae Martin on their Netflix comedy special SAP "I’m glad it feels inviting - there’s so much darkness in the world that it’s nice to create a warmer space"

Canadian comedian, writer, and actor, Mae Martin makes their hilarious and unexpectedly poignant hour-long comedy special debut with SAP, launching globally on Netflix on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023. Directed by Abbi Jacobson, the wide-ranging set—filmed last December at the Vogue Theater in Vancouver, Canada—sees Mae reflect on their childhood memories, a mythical moose encounter, socializing…

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[Image ID: Ten screenshots from Mae Martin's comedy special Sap. They're saying, "I'd be like, 'No, there's so much work to be done on the Internet. There's so much going on.' I was like, 'I have to copy and paste images of Buffy the Vampire Slayer into a Word document. I then have to print that Word document. The paper will be sodden with ink. Just heavy with ink. Like... I have to cut those pictures out, and it's going to be like cutting wet toilet paper. I then have to stick those pictures onto my homework diary.'" /end ID]

I’m exactly the demographic where, for me, puberty coincided almost exactly with the arrival of the internet | MAE MARTIN: SAP (2023)

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It’s telling that both Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais decided to end 2023 by releasing specials in which their comedy pivots to poking fun at the disabled. Could they be more obvious about finding new ways to punch down than targeting people physically unable to fight back?

In a false promise near the opening of his brand-new special and seventh for Netflix, The Dreamer, Chappelle boasts: “Tonight, I’m doing all handicapped jokes,” because “well, they’re not as organized as the gays, and I love punching down.”

Similarly, Gervais decides to have a bit of fun at how we’ve decided as a society to say “disabled” instead of “handicapped” and what that says about us, and suggests further in his special Armageddon, released on Christmas Day, that he’d mock Make-A-Wish kids if given the chance to make videos for them.

And, of course, both men take yet more cracks at the trans community.

Early in The Dreamer, Chappelle tells the audience trans people make him feel like he has to go along with them pretending, as if they’re method acting like Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman: “If you came here to this show tonight thinking that I’m gonna make fun of those people again, you’ve come to the wrong show,” only to keep going back on his word.

He says he hoped to “repair” his relationship with the LGTBQ+ community – by writing a play for them in which a black trans woman only identifies as the N-word to trip up liberals. He also jokes that if he went to jail in California, he’d identify as a woman so he could tell the other inmates to “suck my lady dick.”

But it’s all just jokes, right? Can’t we just take a joke? Have we lost our sense of humor? Or have they?

Earlier this month, we lost two pillars not just of the comedy community but of our American community writ, as Norman Lear and Tommy Smothers stood taller than most anyone and everyone else in television, standing up to the establishment and protesting the powers that be for the sake of civil rights and humanity.

Now we’re left with Chappelle and Gervais—two titans in terms of Netflix ratings and paychecks—who are fighting for… the right to utter slurs onstage and tell already marginalized people that their existence is a joke for reasons that are nearly impossible to divine. Especially when there’s so much in the world to talk about right now, that they’ve chosen anti-trans rights as their comedy cause célèbre is dispiriting. As Mae Martin said in their 2023 Netflix special, Sap: “Big multimillionaire comedians in their stand-up specials are, like, taking shots and punching down at a time when trans rights are so tenuous and slipping backwards.”

Lear and Smothers used their clout on TV to speak truth to power about America’s involvement in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, the hypocrisy of religion, racism, abortion, homosexuality and civil rights. While great trans comedians such as River Butcher and Jaye McBride resorted to releasing their stand-up specials straight to YouTube this year, which famous straight comedians can you recall sticking up for the rights of trans people in America?

It feels so frustrating to sit and watch comedians with the stature of Chappelle and Gervais devote so much of their time and energy to bullying the LGBTQ+ community when they could be doing anything else on stage. And then they have the temerity to question us, the audience, for not laughing with them.

For his part, Gervais willingly misdefines and misuses “woke” by suggesting, “if woke now means being a puritanical, authoritarian bully who gets people fired for an honest opinion or even a fact, then no, I’m not woke. Fuck that.” Is Nazism or transphobia an honest opinion that shouldn’t get you fired? He then claims in his closing bit that “all laughter’s good,” a concept that would be news to 2005-era Chappelle when he cut ties with Comedy Central precisely because he could hear racism in the laughs during a taping of Chappelle’s Show.

In his Grammy-nominated lecture to students at his alma mater, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, What’s In A Name?, Chappelle claimed: “The more you say I can’t say something, the more urgent it is for me to say it. It has nothing to do with what you’re saying I can’t say. It has everything to do with my right and my freedom of artistic expression.”

But that’s not comedy, either—much like Gervais’ admission in his special that as a university student, his idea of a joke was calling his mother and pranking her by saying he was hospitalized and potentially blind. Gervais said her mom could’ve had a heart attack, but in his mind, he remembers it now as “they could take a fucking joke, right?”

At least Sam Jay, in her 2023 HBO special Salute Me Or Shoot Me, wrestles with her conscience and moral compass over the use of certain words in her act and concludes that having empathy for others is key. “How do the rest of us get here? I don’t know… I’m not going to pretend that I have the answers,” Jay says, adding: “So we’re doing things like we’re policing words, but we’re not policing behavior.”

Anthony Jeselnik, who has built his comedy career on brandishing himself as an offensive caricature of a comedian, told fellow comedian and podcaster Theo Von earlier this year that too many stand-ups would rather get into trouble by saying the wrong thing instead of focusing on their job and saying funny things.

“People think — oh, as a comic your job is to get in trouble. But they don’t want to get yelled at. It’s like, it’s OK to make people mad, but they don’t want any push back. And I think that’s wrong,” Jeselnik said. “As a comedian, you want to make people laugh. This is a quote attributed to Andy Warhol that I love: ‘Art is getting away with it.’ You know, if you put out a special and everyone’s pissed, like, you didn’t get away with it. You know. You need to make everyone laugh that they’re like, ‘Yeah, he talked about some fucked up stuff, but we’re all happy.’ That’s art. Otherwise, you’re just a troll.”

Kliph Nesteroff, a comedy historian whose newest book is Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars, similarly told me last month that some while comedians see themselves sometimes as “philosophers” he believes they are “betraying their job description because you’re supposed to make people laugh, and philosophers are supposed to philosophize.”

Comedians may claim they can’t joke about anything anymore, but they joke about more now than ever before. The real problem with stand-up today is that too many comedians would rather kick people when they’re down, then lecture us on how we’re too sensitive for not laughing about it.

When Chappelle, Gervais or their acolytes have to incessantly explain that their jokes are just jokes, then they cease to be great comedians—or even comedians at all.

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Here is my proper introduction post because my old one is shitttt

Hi, I’m Eli, or Avdio, or Dio, or Bliss, honestly I’m okay with anything. My pronouns are He/Him! I am a TransMasc, so expect random ass LGBTQIA+ posts for the shits and giggles!

I’m 16, but I will sometimes repost NSFW fics, purely because I was on Wattpad at the age of 12 and have become desensitised to it lol

I swear a LOT

My main fandoms are: Lockwood And Co, Dead Boy Detectives, Brooklyn 99, Doctor Who, Sherlock, Marvel, Once Upon A Time and well a lot of things tbh, if you name it I am probably a fan!

I love music so much, expect random posts about bands and songs, including Nothing But Thieves, Coldplay, The Amazons etc etc. I listen to everything tho, including Taylor Swift and Pierce The Veil. Literally anything :)

I’m also a massive reader, yes come and talk to me about romance books (pleasepleasepleaseplease). I mainly read romance, fantasy, comedy but will sometimes venture further, with crime and sad stuff (Kathleen Glasgow I adore you). I have read a lot of booktok books, purely because I cannot make my own decisions :P. Come and talk to me about Sarah J Maas PLEASE.

I’m big into comedians, Rob Beckett, Greg Davies, Phil Wong and Jack Whitehall. And like 20 others. Talk to me about Taskmaster because it is amazing. I love Alex Horne and the tasks, and the chemistry between ever series contenders! I’ve seen it all at least twice, so if you are into it dm me because I will ramble. But most specifically I love Mae Martin and my favourite is James Acaster! I’ve seen him live 3 times and met him twice! He is one of my most favourite people, I’d highly recommend you check out his special on Netflix.

My asks are always open, please leave them!! I love getting the notification!! I am also here to listen if you have any problems, and my DMs are open if you don’t want it to be public.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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I watched this comedy special, it's pretty fun! This is "Sap" by Mae Martin on Netflix, I'm pretty sure, if not then just search up Mae Martin on Netflix

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Why Won't You Date Me Podcast: Before The Romance Comes The Dating!

"Dying is easy, comedy is hard” is supposedly a deathbed quote attributed to character actor Edmund Gwenn, who is most famous for playing Kris Kringle in the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street.  

Gwenn was absolutely correct in his observation and comedy podcasting is exhibit number one. Comedy and true-crime are two of the most popular genres in podcasting. Popularity breeds imitation and comedy podcasts proliferate in the podcasting space like Tribbles in the famous eponymously named Star Trek episode. 

Comedy podcasts come in all shapes, sizes, and sounds. We have the "bros" who harken back to middle school with fart jokes and tales of their boogers. We have the edgy comics who think they push the envelope when, in reality, they're just splashing around in crude observations that aren't funny. 

In summary, there are many more people in podcasting trying to be funny than are truly funny. Nicole Byer belongs to the category of "just plain funny."   

Nicole Byer is an actress, comedian, writer, author and podcaster, she is perhaps most well-known as the host of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated competition baking series Nailed It! In 2020, Nicole made history by becoming the first black woman ever to be nominated in the category of “Outstanding Host for A Reality or Competition Program” and was nominated again in 2021 and 2022. Nicole can be seen in her debut solo stand-up special for Netflix, Nicole Byer: Big Beautiful Weirdo, and previously on the NBC comedy Grand Crew. Nicole can most recently be seen in Focus Feature’s The American Society of Magical Negroes, a satirical comedy and the 2024 American comedy film, Thelma. Both received rave reviews during their premieres at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

Why Won't You Don't Me is a comedy and relationship podcast hosted by Nicole Byer which debuted on December 1, 2017.  The podcast features Byer and a guest exploring why she is single, while discussing topics related to love, life, and sex. The format of an episode typically involves Byer introducing her guest/s, as they then talk about their respective experiences with sex, dating, relationships, and love. In most episodes, the guest will critique Byer's online dating profiles, before closing the episode by discussing whether or not they would date her - and why.

While the featured guest is often another comedian, Byer has also hosted former partners and her own childhood friends. Notable guests who have appeared on Why Won't You Date Me? include Sasheer Zamata, Rachel Bloom, Jameela Jamil, Joel Kim Booster, Vicky Vox, and Trixie Mattel.

Ms. Byer even creates a new logo for every episode, as seen here with Jameela Jamil.

 In 2019, Why Won't You Date Me? won Outstanding Foreign Series at the Canadian Podcasting Awards, which is "awarded to a breakthrough show – across any format and category – produced outside of Canada." In 2021, Why Won't You Date Me? won the Best Overall Host – Female iHeartMedia Podcast Award. In 2023, it won best comedy podcast in the Ambies Awards. 

The show recently announced that comedy podcast network Headgum has acquired the rights to the podcast. The acquisition comes on the heels of a recent announcement that the network also added Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, and Mae Martin’s podcast HANDSOME to its expanding lineup of comedy podcasts. Headgum is a premier comedy podcast network behind shows such as Doughboys, Handsome, The Lamorning After, Gayotic with MUNA, and Seek Treatment with Cat & Pat. As part of the deal, Nicole Byer will begin recording video episodes from Headgum’s LA and NYC studios. Headgum will also manage the show’s ad sales through Gumball, their marketplace for advertisers to buy host-read ads directly from podcasters. The first Why Won’t You Date Me? episode under Headgum is out this week, and features an interview with comedian and personal friend of Byer, Lauren Lapkus (Orange Is the New Black, Crashing, The Big Bang Theory). Other upcoming guests include Randall Park, Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Kimmel, and Nick Kroll, among others. In each episode, Byer and fellow comedians, friends, and ex-flings talk romance and share their wildest dating tales, from cringeworthy first dates to jaw-dropping hookup stories.

 “Nicole Byer says: "Why Won’t You Date Me? is my favorite podcast child - just don’t tell the others. I’m looking forward to bringing her back home to Headgum, where we first launched the show in 2017. I’ve hosted WWYDM for many years, and it’s scary and comforting to know that there will always be new content when it comes to dating - whether it’s fresh horror stories, new relationship scenarios, and unbelievably cute love stories - and I’m thrilled to be the host helping my listeners navigate it all every week." “There’s no question that Nicole is one of the top podcast hosts of all time - there is rarely someone who is so prolific and so consistently hilarious - and Why Won’t You Date Me? is a comedy podcast classic,” said Headgum VP of Content, Kaiti Moos. New episodes of Why Won’t You Date Me? are released on Fridays and can be found wherever you listen to podcasts, including on the Why Won’t You Date Me? YouTube channel.

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Today's List of Nice Things:

Talked to a bunch of straight allies about queer theology tonight, haha. They were really nice but boy was it WEIRD

My kitty has a vet appointment tomorrow. Thank goodness I had some leftover anxiety meds from his last vet visit. I think it helped him a lot. He slept most of the day but he's been so cute when he's awake.

Rewatching the queer standup special on Netflix. Mae Martin is queer comedy royalty.

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Comedian Mae Martin is dating Survivor star Parvati Shallow

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Comedian Mae Martin is dating Survivor star Parvati Shallow

Survivor winner Parvati Shallow has come out as queer and shared she’s in a relationship with comedian Mae Martin.

Just before New Year’s, the US Survivor legend and the Canadian non-binary Feel Good star both shared the same cute photo booth strip to Instagram.

“We’re here. We’re queer. Happy new year,” Parvati wrote in the caption.

Parvati Shallow has appeared on US Survivor four times (!) and won Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs Favorites in 2008. The reality TV pro will next appear in the upcoming second season of the US version of The Traitors.

Mae Martin, who uses they/them pronouns, is known for their brilliant Netflix comedy series Feel Good.

Mae also got their own stand-up special SAP that was released on Netflix last year.

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‘Life can be a really beautiful journey’

It’s not known how long Parvati Shallow and her partner Mae Martin have been together. Parvati possibly alluded to the relationship in an earlier November Instagram post.

That sweet post included photos of Parvati together with her daughter, as well as Mae and other friends and family.

“Some people come into your life at the perfect and most unexpected time,” Parvati wrote.

“They see you, they love you right where you are, they make you laugh so hard you cry, and they celebrate your wins and lift you up.

“They do art projects with your kids and play hide and seek after dinner.

“When you’re sequestered in an airport hotel alone on your birthday, they throw a big surprise party for you when you’re home.

“They remind you that even when it’s hard, life can be a really beautiful journey.”

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Wanda Sykes says she would call out Dave Chappelle’s transphobia

Wanda Sykes isn’t afraid to call out transphobia—even to friend and fellow comic Dave Chappelle. In a recent interview about her new Netflix stand-up special I’m an Entertainer, the out comedian told Variety that she and Chappelle have known each other since they both started out performing in Washington, D.C. comedy clubs. Chappelle, of course, has been widely criticized for transphobic jokes in his own 2021 comedy special, The Closer, and for doubling down on his transphobia ever since. --- Related Stories Mae Martin calls out Dave Chappelle for anti-trans jokes in new Netflix special The nonbinary comic says that fellow comedians who think the “woke left” is coming to “cancel” them are being tricked. --- Sykes said that while she hasn’t had a chance to talk to Chappelle since the special dropped, she wouldn’t hesitate to call him out. Get the Daily Brief The news you care about, reported on by the people who care about you. “If our paths did cross, I totally would say something,” she said, noting that “I still love the guy.” Sykes also explained why she felt it was important to include a run of jokes criticizing anti-trans laws banning trans women from women’s bathrooms in I’m an Entertainer, which premiered on Netflix earlier this week. “I knew that it’s such a delicate issue to talk about. I’m not trans, but they have my support, 100%,” she said. “I wanted to find something where I can shine some light on what they’re going through, to show how just stupid and hateful really it is.” Last year, Netflix drew criticism again for platforming another transphobic comedian. In his May 2022 special SuperNature, Ricky Gervais spewed hateful misinformation about trans women reinforcing the baseless stereotype that many are secretly sexual predators. Asked whether her Netflix special “balances out” transphobic content on the platform, Sykes had this to say: “I don’t know about balancing it out, because I think what [Chappelle] said was so hurtful and damaging to the trans community. So yeah, the scale is still tipped, I will say, in their favor. But I know I wanted to say something, because so much has been said on that platform. I definitely want to something on the other side of it.” Sykes is also refreshingly candid about her process of determining how her own jokes about trans people are received and understood by audiences. “In the trans area, I had to step some things back that might be misconstrued as me making fun, instead of trying to help,” she explained. “It was more about the laws making it a crime for parents to help their children who were having gender identity issues. I said to myself, ‘You don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about — shut up and let’s just talk about the bathrooms.’” For Sykes, getting a laugh out of her audience is apparently less important than the impact her comedy might have on perceptions of a marginalized community. “The audience, they did laugh,” she said of certain jokes she later removed from her set. “But then I was like, ‘Wait a minute. Why are y’all laughing? What are you laughing about?’ So yeah, I’m quick to get rid of something if it doesn’t feel right.” http://dlvr.it/Spf2xn

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Mae Martin's "SAP" Delivers Intimate, Silly, and Refreshingly Hopeful Comedy Their new stand-up special weaves Buddhist parables with playful jokes and vulnerable stories from their life. https://www.them.us/story/mae-martin-sap-netflix-interview

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tvrundown USA 2023.03.28

Tuesday, March 28th:

(exclusive): Mae Martin: "SAP" (netflix, stand-up special), Staged (BritBox, Zoom comedy, season 3 available, all 6 eps)

(streaming weekly): How I Met Your Father (hulu, next 2 eps, midseason finale)

(also new): CMT Storytellers (CMT, "Kane Brown" special)

(hour 1): The Rookie (ABC), Night Court (NBC) /   / American Auto (NBC), Superman & Lois (theCW), "9-1-1: Lone Star" (FOX)

(hour 2): The Rookie: Feds (ABC), The Voice (NBC), Gotham Knights (theCW), Accused (FOX), Superchef Grudge Match (FOOD)

(hour 3): Will Trent (ABC), That's My Jam (NBC), History's Greatest Heists (HIST, season 1 finale)

[repeats, resuming next week for crossover: FBI (CBS), FBI: International (CBS), FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) ]

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New On Netflix March 2023: 'Murder Mystery 2,' 'World War Z' And More

Good news for comedy fans with a Netflix subscription! The streaming service is due to add nearly 100 titles in March, including a number of fresh comedy specials and funny movies. Nearly one year after the infamous Oscars slap moment, comedian Chris Rock is taking the stage on March 4 for the platform’s very first live-streamed event, “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage.” Comedian Mae Martin ― whom…

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Last week I listed Mae Martin as a person I’ve never seen do a full stand-up set and would like to see that – they are one of the many comedians of whom I’ve seen whatever short stand-up clips I can find on YouTube, and wished I could find longer shows. However, I completely forgot that I actually have seen them do a full set. When I first discovered them last year and decided I needed to find everything they’ve ever done, I found all those short YouTube clips, but I also found that they were one of the UK comedians on Netflix’s Comedians of the World.

So I watched all four of those – they had 30-minute shows by Joel Dommett, Ellie Taylor, Nish Kumar, and Mae Martin. This was almost a year ago, but I then entirely forgot about that until today, because I have just purchased a ticket to go see Nish Kumar live next month and was looking for clips of his stand-up because I’m really excited about it and want to be reminded of what it’s like. Nish Kumar is, of course, another comedian whose clips I’ve watched on YouTube and wished he had a full-length special that I could see.

I think I forgot that those counted as full comedy specials because they were half an hour each, rather than the hour or more you normally get from a special that gets professionally recorded and released by a streaming service, and there were four of them set up as different episodes of a larger show. Sort of halfway between a regular Netflix special and a spot on Live at the Apollo.

Anyway, I was reminded today that that exists, and decided to re-watch all four of the shows. I haven’t even gotten to Nish Kumar’s episode yet, and that was the whole reason I found this again, but before I watched Nish, I just want to say, Jesus Mae Martin is good. I just re-watched their episode, and I’d honestly kind of forgotten just how funny they are and how good they are at putting jokes together. I knew I really liked them but hadn’t watched any of their stuff in a while, so I just had them in my head as “someone I like”. You know when that happens? You remember that you like something but don’t remember all the specifics?

These specifics were worth remembering. They kept me 100% engaged for the entire 30 minutes. Every joke landed and every observation made me say “Oh shit you’re right” (this may say at least a bit about me and how much I personally related to it, but I also think even if you do not happen to personally be psychologically wired in ways that are similar to what Mae Martin describes about themself, you’ll still have a lot of “Oh shit, that makes sense and is interesting” moments). Their perspective comes from so much thoughtfulness and intelligence and still comes out so funny. I’m glad I reminded myself of this.

Anyway, the point of this post is to say if you have access to it and haven’t seen it yet, I recommend watching the UK comedians on Netflix’s Comedians of the World. All three shows I’ve re-watched so far (like I said, I haven’t even gotten to Nish yet – I remember from last year that I really liked it, but I don’t remember it all) have been fun and worth the time, but to be really honest – Joel Dommett and Ellie Taylor were good, but if you only have time to watch one of those shows, watch Mae Martin. Watching all three of those in a row really highlighted how Mae Martin is a step above most other comedians in terms of how well they can put on a show, in my opinion at least. A great half hour of comedy and I would like to apologize to Mae Martin for not remembering it (I mean, I did remember the show once I started watching it again, it’s more that when I first discovered them last year I watched so much Mae Martin material in the form of little clips and anything I could find, that I forgot one of those things I watched was actually a full Netflix special).

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Bonus

[Inspired by Mae Martin's Netflix special, Comediants around the world

Original dialogue:

...it was a secret relationship 'cause it was with a woman who'd never been with a girl before and she was stressed about it and she didn't want to tell anyone... We lived together. Our friends would come round, she'd be like:

"This is my roommate, Mae."

I'd be like wearing a strap-on, like [laugther] "Hello, I'm the weird roommate."]

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Feel Good: A Near-Perfect Dark Comedy - Netflix Review

Feel Good: A Near-Perfect Dark Comedy - Netflix Review Mae Martin writes and stars in this comedy exploring how messed up life can be. #FeelGood

Mae Martin writes and stars in this comedy exploring how messed up life can be. I love a good dark comedy and I especially love a comedy that’s aimed at trying to explore real-life issues. This show is the middle of that Venn diagram. Mae Martin, who you may have seen in their Netflix stand-up special, plays Mae, a character who is blatantly based on them. Mae is an English-Canadian comedian who…