The Anxious Precision of Jacqueline Novak’s Comedy

“Get on Your Knees” is a ninety-minute show about fellatio, a description that might make people assume that Novak is yet another raunch comic. In fact, much of the performance is about how insufficient the language around sex can be. “I think the word ‘erection’ is a bit architectural for what’s happening there,” she says at one point. “I don’t think anyone should go in that building. It’s not up to code.”