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Anytime she was on, it was an event
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Anytime she was on, it was an event

Anytime she was on, it was an event

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Anytime she was on, it was an event.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
84
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:58
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Push It Productions,Union Editorial,Brian Graden Media

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Movie Summary

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.
I really like to think of my performing as a variety show, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
I really like to think of my performing as a variety show,
Back then, they had variety shows, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
Back then, they had variety shows,
The variety shows of the 1970s were like a kaleidoscope. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
The variety shows of the 1970s were like a kaleidoscope.
You would get characters and musical numbers and costumes. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
You would get characters and musical numbers and costumes.
For the young queer kids of the '70s, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
For the young queer kids of the '70s,
It was like, "That's what I want to do." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
It was like, "That's what I want to do."
He wasn't just like, "I'm a man in a dress." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
He wasn't just like, "I'm a man in a dress.&q...
I'm a big fan of variety acts, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
I'm a big fan of variety acts,
I actually did the $1.98 Beauty Contest, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
I actually did the $1.98 Beauty Contest,
They looked to these shows - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
They looked to these shows
They were a hotbed for both implicit - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:17
They were a hotbed for both implicit
In 1984, I met somebody named John Boskovich, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:23
In 1984, I met somebody named John Boskovich,
Sandra Bernhard integrated narrative in storytelling and songs and glamour. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
Sandra Bernhard integrated narrative in storytelling and son...
It was suffused with a queer sensibility, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
It was suffused with a queer sensibility,
We begin on Lombard Street, the crookedest street in the world, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
We begin on Lombard Street, the crookedest street in the wor...
We were just trying to be funny - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
We were just trying to be funny
Without You I'm Nothing was also incredibly political - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:14
Without You I'm Nothing was also incredibly political
Religious America is awakening, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
Religious America is awakening,
We were experiencing - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
We were experiencing
I can think of pastors now in the pulpit - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
I can think of pastors now in the pulpit