“In this life, it is almost never too late to turn back,” comedian Jacqueline Novak argues in the final act of Get On Your Knees, her 90-minute meditation on the blow job, now streaming on Netflix. She compares her early attempts at oral sex to turning around on a diving board at the very last minute, contorting herself into something that’s “infinitely more complex than the original dive.” But as Novak speaks to Savannah Walsh over Zoom, she is well aware that there’s no reneging on the release of her first special. In fact, it’s the “everywhereness of Netflix” that made the 41-year-old comedian trust the platform to introduce her to the world. “It felt like it would give the most people the opportunity to discover my work,” she says. “Let’s go as wide as possible, and see what sticks.”
Elsewhere in HWD, Katey Rich breaks down how Oscar history could have foretold Margot Robbie’s outrage-inducing best-actress snub; Natalie Jarvey chats with May Decemberproducers Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum about producing female-focused films; Jon Stewart makes a surprise return to his old Daily Show desk; and in a piece from our archives, Chris Feil explains what, exactly, the Academy is, and who’s really voting for the Oscars.
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