In the second season of the Australian series “Please Like Me,” our millennial hero, Josh (Josh Thomas, the show’s creator), visits his mom, Rose, at a psychiatric hospital, carrying a gift box of bonbons. In the cafeteria, he’s drawn into a high-stakes competition for the last piece of candy, as patients vie to tell the most outlandish first-sex story, in a wave of bubbly one-upmanship. Finally, they turn to the silent Hannah (played by Hannah Gadsby, who is best known to American audiences from her Netflix special, “Nanette”). “I was raped,” she says. The table panics. “Oh, Hannah, I’m really sorry,” Josh says. “If Mum had known, I’m sure she wouldn’t have asked.”
“No, I don’t mind,” Hannah deadpans. “I just knew, the whole time you were talking, I was…
