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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

A feature length documentary that explores the history of LGBTQ+ stand up comedy, considering its importance as an instrument for social change over the past five decades.

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Page Hurwitz

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Push It Productions,Union Editorial,Brian Graden Media

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https://www.netflix.com/title/81607752

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An artist who's able
to take their lived experience - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

An artist who's able to take their lived experience

I told my mother when I was 14
I wanted to be a comedian, and she said... - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I told my mother when I was 14 I wanted to be a comedian, an...

..."Oh, maybe it's better if you just die." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

..."Oh, maybe it's better if you just die."

Back when I was starting,
there weren't very many queer comics. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Back when I was starting, there weren't very many queer...

You were more likely to hear about drugs
than you were about being gay. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

You were more likely to hear about drugs than you were about...

When I started out, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

When I started out,

Everyone can tell you a story
where, you know, somebody shouted, "Fag!" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Everyone can tell you a story where, you know, somebody shou...

They had to be in the closet
to protect their career - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

They had to be in the closet to protect their career

"I'm going to be out.
I'm not hiding it anymore." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

"I'm going to be out. I'm not hiding it anymo...

This is not a movement
about sexual preferences. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

This is not a movement about sexual preferences.

If I never had sex with a woman again,
I would still be a lesbian. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

If I never had sex with a woman again, I would still be a le...

It was very important
the idea that we could be seen, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

It was very important the idea that we could be seen,

I would not be a happy lesbian. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I would not be a happy lesbian.

There's a lot of people who've come
before us. We've been doing this awhile. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

There's a lot of people who've come before us. We&...

A very big crew of people - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

A very big crew of people

Queer comics, queer history,
that all deserves to be talked about, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Queer comics, queer history, that all deserves to be talked ...

{\an8} - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

It is much better for me
to be a stand-up comedian now - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

It is much better for me to be a stand-up comedian now

{\an8}Because for a very long time, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}Because for a very long time,

Being gay was something you had to be
scared admitting in your private life. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Being gay was something you had to be scared admitting in yo...

When I was a young comic,
there was a lot of homophobia. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

When I was a young comic, there was a lot of homophobia.

{\an8}You had to be careful what you did,
and who you talked to, and who knew. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}You had to be careful what you did, and who you talked...

{\an8}By the time I came up, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}By the time I came up,

This girl has been thrown out of countries - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

This girl has been thrown out of countries

...'cause I'm just telling the truth,
but a lot of times they get upset. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

...'cause I'm just telling the truth, but a lot of...

I remember one guy stood up,
and he was so nasty to me. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I remember one guy stood up, and he was so nasty to me.

"Hey, uh,
I don't like what you're saying." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

"Hey, uh, I don't like what you're saying.&qu...

{\an8}When I... the doctor delivered me and--
Actually, he didn't. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}When I... the doctor delivered me and-- Actually, he d...

My mother delivered me,
and the doctor hit me, and I hit him back, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

My mother delivered me, and the doctor hit me, and I hit him...

When I was 16 years old, in 1958. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

When I was 16 years old, in 1958.

I called myself a "little prairie dyke"
'cause I was from Canadian prairies. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I called myself a "little prairie dyke" 'caus...

I read one little article,
and the article said, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I read one little article, and the article said,

{\an8}And so I thought, "That's great.
I'm a lesbian. I'm gonna tell everyone." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}And so I thought, "That's great. I'm a ...

So I went home and told my mother,
and she did not take it well. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

So I went home and told my mother, and she did not take it w...

But because of the one piece
of literature, I was never guilty, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

But because of the one piece of literature, I was never guil...

So I moved to New York in 1962, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

So I moved to New York in 1962,

But the fact is
I ended up with Patti for 55 years. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

But the fact is I ended up with Patti for 55 years.

And Patti and I became
the comedy team of Harrison and Tyler. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

And Patti and I became the comedy team of Harrison and Tyler...

I'd like to tell you here and now
that Patti and I met in a very usual way. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I'd like to tell you here and now that Patti and I met ...

We were beginning to see
more people coming out at the time - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

We were beginning to see more people coming out at the time

{\an8}In the gay world, it had a real resonance - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}In the gay world, it had a real resonance

The Stonewall Rebellion
is popularly regarded - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

The Stonewall Rebellion is popularly regarded

Stonewall was a bar
in Greenwich Village in New York. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Stonewall was a bar in Greenwich Village in New York.

It started a political movement, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

It started a political movement,

Young, countercultural gay people
were looking to have their revolution. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Young, countercultural gay people were looking to have their...

{\an8}Queerness has existed
and will always exist in this country. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}Queerness has existed and will always exist in this co...

Stonewall is
an extraordinarily important touchstone, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Stonewall is an extraordinarily important touchstone,

{\an8}There were certainly people who had made
a name for themselves in pre-World War II. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}There were certainly people who had made a name for th...

{\an8}Rae Bourbon is, I think,
a perfect example of that. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}Rae Bourbon is, I think, a perfect example of that.

Now,
in spite of rumors to the contrary, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Now, in spite of rumors to the contrary,

But the Depression and then World War II - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

But the Depression and then World War II

After World War II,
as there was a Red Scare, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

After World War II, as there was a Red Scare,

Most of the stand-up that was going on
in the 1950s and '60s - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Most of the stand-up that was going on in the 1950s and ...

And for many of these comics,
the defining feature of their comedy - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

And for many of these comics, the defining feature of their ...

You know, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner,
great, great comics, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

You know, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, great, great comics,

I'm always fascinated
when you tell us personal things - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I'm always fascinated when you tell us personal things

But in the post-Stonewall era,
you start to see a whole cultural shift, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

But in the post-Stonewall era, you start to see a whole cult...

If, in 20 minutes, no one
has signed up for the blind date barbecue, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

If, in 20 minutes, no one has signed up for the blind date b...

{\an8}Harrison and Tyler briefly had
a late-night TV show, which I wrote. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}Harrison and Tyler briefly had a late-night TV show, w...

I am going to cancel
the cigarette-rolling tournament, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I am going to cancel the cigarette-rolling tournament,

They were extremely hip, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

They were extremely hip,

{\an8}At that time, it wasn't commonly accepted
to say you were gay on stage, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}At that time, it wasn't commonly accepted to say ...

I used to play
the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I used to play the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.

Business execs or, you know,
upscale people, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Business execs or, you know, upscale people,

I've never considered myself
a classical stand-up. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I've never considered myself a classical stand-up.

I'm here on behalf
of the heterosexual community, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I'm here on behalf of the heterosexual community,

I'll tell you, quite truthfully,
a lot of us in Calumet City used to think - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I'll tell you, quite truthfully, a lot of us in Calumet...

You know, real men just don't eat quiche.
I know they can't spell it. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

You know, real men just don't eat quiche. I know they c...

I think I did characters,
from the beginning, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I think I did characters, from the beginning,

This is Miss Ernestine Tomlin of the AT&T. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

This is Miss Ernestine Tomlin of the AT&T.

I felt like Ernestine
could change the world. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I felt like Ernestine could change the world.

Like she would stop AT&T
from being a monopoly, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Like she would stop AT&T from being a monopoly,

Very often, the comedy's reflecting
what we're living through. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Very often, the comedy's reflecting what we're liv...

And maybe they're showing you
the way, or telling you, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

And maybe they're showing you the way, or telling you,

There's these two pretty ladies
that live down the block - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

There's these two pretty ladies that live down the bloc...

I'd never made a declaration
or had a press conference or anything, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I'd never made a declaration or had a press conference ...

They had offered me the cover
of Time in '75 to come out, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

They had offered me the cover of Time in '75 to come ou...

{\an8}They really wanted
to just do an article on gay people, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}They really wanted to just do an article on gay people...

The world was still not so cool. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

The world was still not so cool.

{\an8}♪ Jesus loves me... ♪ - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}♪ Jesus loves me... ♪

And all over the country,
they began to come against gay rights. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

And all over the country, they began to come against gay rig...

{\an8}We talk about the danger of the homosexual
becoming a role model to our children. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}We talk about the danger of the homosexual becoming a ...

It would have far-reaching effects
on our children and on our nation. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

It would have far-reaching effects on our children and on ou...

You know,
I don't mind them being born-again, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

You know, I don't mind them being born-again,

Homosexuals cannot reproduce biologically, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Homosexuals cannot reproduce biologically,

My name is Harvey Milk, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

My name is Harvey Milk,

{\an8}I'm tired of listening
to the Anita Bryants - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

{\an8}I'm tired of listening to the Anita Bryants

To be able to make them laugh, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

To be able to make them laugh,

Let's face it, the only people that hate
Anita Bryant more than gay people - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Let's face it, the only people that hate Anita Bryant m...

Because of Anita Bryant, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Because of Anita Bryant,

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A feature length documentary that explores the history of LGBTQ+ stand up comedy, considering its importance as an instrument for social change over the past five decades.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Page Hurwitz

Writer: Page Hurwitz

Production: Push It Productions,Union Editorial,Brian Graden Media

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 18 Jun 2024

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81607752