Hannah Gadsby straight up saying that she was starting off her show in a way that wouldn't necessarily endear people to her because often autistic people don't make the best first impression and she wanted to reward people who bothered to stick around was a power move.
Also telling everyone she was going to place the mic on the ground rather than dropping it due to her noise sensitivity, because even though it may lessen the effect her comfort was more important, and then telling the audience not to be ableist about it was also a power move.
Also also, declaring that if people were expecting this show to be like Nanette they were going to be disappointed because she was fresh out of trauma to share with them, and also judging the audience slightly for enjoying her talking about her trauma so much, was a power move.
The whole fucking show was just one continuous autistic power move.
