The alternately heartwarming and heartrending autobiographical sitcom Feel Good followed its comedian protagonist through a breakup, a drug relapse and anxious uncertainty about gender. Much of Martin’s comedy involves breezily told I’m-fine-now tales of past trauma. Perhaps it’s the sound of relief: a therapist was overdue.

But even that can’t fully explain why the fans react to even a meek, off-hand admission like “I got a therapist recently” with ecstatic cheers and applause. And there’s a degree of pandering to the home crowd: Martin has dragged a forest of Canadian pines onstage for a backdrop, and the first stand-out routine here is an anecdote about a big moose. Martin both radiates and attracts niceness: the 35-year-old is Canada’s sweetest non-syrup-based export. If you don’t believe me – I’m a Canadian citizen, therefore biased – just listen to how the crowd at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre respond to Mae Martin’s new stand-up special, Sap (Netflix).Īdmittedly, it’s hardly a representative sample.

Canada’s reputation holds true: the people are polite.

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