Mae Martin is moving. No, not in the emotional sense (although the ending of Netflix’s Feel Good might get you choked up), they’re quite literally switching up countries. Having lived in London for over a decade, the kind of English comedian, who “lived all over London”, is uprooting and moving to Los Angeles, after feeling “untethered” from hopping to from various Airbnbs across the city.
It’s a bright afternoon in LA and the writer, squinting from the incoming sun, confesses they’re “feeling good”. A lot has been happening for Mae Martin — a new unnamed Netflix production is in the works, they’ve been reminiscing about the best meal they’ve ever had, and, soon enough, their latest stand-up set, Mae Martin: SAP, will hit Netflix on March 28.
“Titles are really hard! I don't know if that’s the right title for the show, but I do really love the concept and that parable at the end of the show. I liked that it’s a synonym for wimpy weakness, which I think we all need to embrace what little worms we all are,” they laugh over Zoom. The ending of SAP either lands or it doesn’t. Martin, who committedly sticks to a short prosaic story at the end of their set,
