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    'Sorrow Is Not The Same As Pessimism': Comedian Jenny Slate

    Now that she's released her first Netflix stand-up special (Stage Fright) and her first book (Little Weirds), Slate says she's finally finding her comedic voice in smallness.
    by Audie Cornish Nov 18, 2019 5 minutes
    Jenny Slate's new Netflix comedy special is <em>Stage Fright</em>.

    For comedian and actor Jenny Slate, the path to finding her own voice went through crushing failure (professional) and heartbreak (divorce).

    She began her career in stand-up, was drafted to Saturday Night Live — and was fired. The path that followed was uncharted.

    She starred in an indie comedy about abortion (Obvious Child), voiced a viral stop-motion animated character who is a gender non-conforming sea artifact (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On), and went onto a fair bit of voice acting (Zootopia, The Secret Life of Pets, Big Mouth). And she wrote. This fall, Slate has released her first TV comedy special for Netflix (Stage Fright) and a book of essays (Little Weirds).

    Jenny Slateis not a memoir or biography, but more like a series of observational stories, essays, and ruminations on the struggles of adulthood. In one of them, she compares herself to a croissant.

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