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But a single smash-hit set launched Tig Notaro to stardom overnight. That’s not to say the stand-up comic didn’t pay her dues: the Mississippi native spent years touring and doing small parts in comedy shows. Agents said she was “too low-key,” and she wasn’t mainstream enough to get booked on Leno or Letterman. But after a particularly rough patch in her personal life—she got extremely sick with a C. difficile infection, her mother died, and she was diagnosed with breast cancer—Notaro gave a landmark performance at the L.A. nightclub Largo that was praised for its naked honesty about all she was going through, even while keeping the audience in stitches. Louis C.K. called it one of “a handful of truly great, masterful standup sets” he has seen in 27 years, and the news quickly went viral. Notaro’s comedy may not be for everyone, but it has earned a loyal following. She’s had a red-letter summer: in July, she was the subject of the Netflix documentary _Tig_, which followed her post-cancer personal life, and on Saturday, HBO will air her comedy special _Boyish Girl Interrupted_, a set she closed out by taking off her shirt to reveal her double mastectomy scars. “It was really just part of the process of coming to terms with what my life was,” Notaro said in an interview with TIME. For the audience, though, it was that blend of funny, uncomfortable and slightly surreal that makes Notaro’s comedy so captivating. ## Transcript [00:00] Here's a little tidbit about me. I was diagnosed with [00:04] bilateral breast cancer and I ended up getting [00:08] a double mastectomy. [ SOUND ] Before I even knew I [00:12] had a special right after my surgery I knew that I [00:15] wanted to take my shirt off on stage. And it was kind [00:19] of in reaction to Not being comfortable [00:23] or okay with my body. And I thought it [00:27] was just this outrageous idea. And once I got out on [00:31] the road and I was touring all the time it kept running [00:34] through my head. And then it finally surfaced where I [00:39] was like I'm gonna take my shirt off and just see how [00:40] this goes. Good evening and hello! I have cancer, [00:44] how are you? It was really just part of [00:48] the process of coming to terms with what my life was [00:53] and becoming comfortable with my body again and [00:57] realizing that, of course, cancer is It's a big thing. It's [01:01] a big deal, but finally realizing that having scars [01:05] across my chest. There shouldn't be taboo around [01:09] that because it's my skin and my body. And [01:14] that healed and that should actually just be a positive [01:17] thing. I made so many jokes over the years. It's about [01:21] how flat chested I was. My boobs overheard me and it [01:23] was like, we are sick of this. Let's [01:28] kill her. Men, women, cancer, no cancer, [01:34] come up after, saying, my head exploded [01:38] when your shirt came off. Of course, then I gotta take [01:41] my shirt off on my special [ LAUGH ] I [01:46] have felt so much an outsider [01:50] in the stand up world for so long. I remember trying to [01:54] get representation back when I sent out [01:58] VHS tapes. And usually you just get [02:03] No phone call when you're denied but this [02:07] one manager called me and turned me down for an [02:10] hour on the phone telling me I was funny but too [02:15] low key and dry. My fiance. [ MUSIC ] [ APPLAUSE ] He [02:24] is from [ LAUGH ] Comedian Tig Nataro. Welcome [02:27] here. [ APPLAUSE ] I remember when [02:33] I was talking to Ira Glass before I did my Taylor Dame [02:37] storm on This American Life. He was like, oh [02:41] I love the story but I don't know if it's right for radio. [02:45] Because you do so many little movements and face [02:49] expressions that I think people need to see. [ LAUGH ] [02:51] He looked at this table. [ LAUGH ] [02:55] Then he looked back at me. [ LAUGH ] And he looked [02:59] back at the table. [ LAUGH ] And I was like. [ LAUGH ] [03:03] Oh yeah of course she's here. [ LAUGH ] It's funny [03:07] cause I very much stood up and said [03:11] I think you're wrong. And I said I feel like my [03:14] experience listening to comedy albums as a kid and [03:18] growing up I just listen to the audio and even if [03:22] they're making a physical movement or face [03:24] expression that I can't see your brain makes up [03:28] whatever you want it to be. So I walked up to Taylor [03:32] Dayne's table. [ LAUGH ]. [03:35] And I said. Excuse me. [ LAUGH ] [03:40] I think that's what so awesome, is that you get to use [03:43] your imagination of what the person's talking about. [03:46] [ LAUGH ] I just have to tell you- [ LAUGH ] I love your [03:49] voice. [ LAUGH ] And she said [ MUSIC ] Thank you. [03:56] [ LAUGH ] When the Taylor Dane bit was on The [04:00] American Life, Ira cam up and was like " I [04:04] was so wrong. 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