Can Everyone Please Calm Down?: A Guide to 21st Century Sexuality

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Particularly with addiction I think that it’s… if you break it down and think what people are trying to do is to feel better, because they don’t feel good, then that’s something you can really empathise with. So it’s always a [question of] oversharing and over-focusing on something that’s ultimately just one small part of me.

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The first series pivoted on Mae's wavering commitment to sobriety and George's gradual, grudging trajectory out of the closet. What I couldn’t believe was that one of the actors – I won’t name who, but not the main character – hadn’t read the books. So I think they're trying to get to that place where they're choosing to be with each other rather than compelled to be with each other because of a gaping chasm of insatiable need. Mae has a number of nicknames, many self-inflicted, from Peewee to Adam Driver, from John Wick to Little Piss Rat and Your Majesty.

An absolute classic from the era of bizarrely fantastical music videos, Viva Forever features a geeky kid being led through an enchanted forest by the Spice Girls, who are sort of animated fairy creatures. Because I think I was patting myself on the back for getting off drugs and not realising, actually, that addictive behaviour was still permeating my life in a lot of ways. But also what’s funny about that as an acting experience, was that I genuinely thought everyone else was getting it wrong and was under-acting. She was awarded Best international Performer at the Brighton Fringe and has been a finalist in The Hackney New Act of the Year Awards, The Musical Comedy Awards and the Amused Moose Laughter Awards.

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I mean this in the best possible way: Mae Martin tells stories like a 7 year old bursting into a room to tell their parents about something exciting they just saw outside. And for all the pain of bleeding her own life into six half-hours, the surprise agony actually came from acting for the first time.That was profound and amazing, although I know some people do it for A-level, so I’m 15 years behind. Waiting for Guffman follows a group of amateur actors putting on a play in the small town of Blaine, Missouri. I’m at a place now where…” They take a moment to place their specific experience within the context of wider cultural currents. Martin co-created, wrote, and starred in the 2020 Channel 4 comedy series Feel Good alongside long-time collaborator Joe Hampson.

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Much more important than any label one could foist upon Martin is the fact that they’re both brilliantly funny and courageously honest, a killer combination for explosive, incisive, and compelling television. On British television, Martin has performed on the BBC3’s showcase for new comedy talent Live At the BBC and had her first sitcom roles in Nick Helm’s Uncle (BBC3) and Outsiders, a comedy blap for Channel 4. It is sensitive and smart in its portrayal of PTSD, and deals in shades of grey, examining events with the kind of complexity that is often absent from public debate but is very much the bedrock of private discussions.They received a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for their work on Feel Good. I found myself wondering if this was an instance in which the real Mae Martin wouldn’t mind if the material bombed. While a longer, more drawn-out version of “Feel Good” (the kind favored by American shows; “Feel Good” first aired on Channel 4 in the UK) would have remained at rehab at least into the second episode, delving deeper into the wacky roommate and tough-love addiction counselor, “Feel Good” opts out of this and packs all of its punches into a concise six episodes. To that fidgety nonbinary millennial, the name had become equivalent to an identity; they explained that they hadn’t ever recognised themself in a public figure so precisely. I’ve also been doing food bank deliveries on my bike for this great group where I live in east London.

Can Everyone Please Calm Down?: A Guide to 21st Century

They were all recognisable: Chris Chambers’s good intentions, Vern’s fear of being left out, Teddy’s self-destructive rage … but it was Gordie who really spoke to me. In 2020 Channel 4 aired Martin’s semi-autobiographical comedy-drama Feel Good, and the show really lived up to its name, with their incredible on-screen chemistry with co-star Charlotte Ritchie giving plenty of heartwarming moments. David Friend, "Tom Green, Andrew Phung vie to be ‘last one laughing’ on Canadian reality competition".At work, she meets Elliott (Jordan Stephens), “a bi poly cis man” who prides himself on his emotional literacy, and who takes a shine to her but is mortified by what she actually wants him to do. In fact, there are so many things “Feel Good” gets right it’s a wonder how seamlessly it all comes together, without a single issue outweighing another. it felt like I was writing about issues that I have a lot of distance from and so it was cathartic in a way. People don’t always have the mettle for that and actually so much more often they’ll divert into humour, and personally I’m such a big fan of the genre in general because it feels more true to life.