Jacqueline Novak‘s comedy special “Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees” will premiere on Netflix Jan. 23, 2024. The project is directed by Natasha Lyonne (“Poker Face”), who also serves as an executive producer.
Filmed at The Town Hall Theater in New York City, the special features the final performance of Novak’s touring stand-up show “Get On Your Knees,” which premiered in 2019 and sold out multiple times. This 90-minute “concert film-meets-comedy special” revolves around the blowjob and is described as “both raunchy and poignant, an unexpectedly philosophical, coming-of-age tale of triumph that pushes the boundaries of stand-up,” according to the press release.
“Never in my lifetime could I imagine seeing such a hilarious, rigorous, and gut tingling semiotic deconstruction of the phallus in the theatre,” praised “Emily in Paris” actor Jeremy O. Harris of “Get On Your Knees.” “This felt as if Andrea Dworkin and Spaulding Gray had a child they made listen to only Moms Mabley and read only Mary Oliver.”
“I felt like no stone was unturned. In the best possible way. A nearly talmudic dissection of a subject,” echoed radio personality Ira Glass.
Described by John Mulaney as “the Muhammad Ali of comedy,” Novak is a regular on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and hosts the health and wellness podcast POOG with Kate Berlant. Lyonne is known for starring in the TV series “Poker Face” and “Russian Doll,” the latter in which she served as creator and producer.
Along with Novak and Lyonne, executive producers on the special are John Early, Chris Laker, Mike Birbiglia and John Irwin.
