Norm Macdonald’s Nothing Special: a standup says farewell

After two years of closed venues and Zoom comedy gigs, I’m in no hurry to ever again watch standup delivered to absent audiences. But I’ll make an exception for Norm Macdonald, whose Nothing Special, performed to no one, lands on Netflix today. Like the set Maria Bamford

, it’s one of those specials where the ringing silences are compellingly part of the point. The point being that Macdonald died last year…