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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Back then, in the good old days, uh, lesbian meant something differentthan it does now

Back then, in the good old days, uh, lesbian meant something different
than it does now

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Back then, in the good old days,
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uh, lesbian meant something different than it does now.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
01:33:03
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.
A lesbian was just any woman not laughing at a man. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
A lesbian was just any woman not laughing at a man.
"Why aren't you laughing? What are you, some kind of lesbian?" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
"Why aren't you laughing? What are you, some kind ...
In the '90s, it was jokes first, identity second, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
In the '90s, it was jokes first, identity second,
To be the first Asian-American, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
To be the first Asian-American,
{\an8}There's like a whole wave of us coming, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
{\an8}There's like a whole wave of us coming,
When I am getting fucked, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
When I am getting fucked,
{\an8}I've played in a lot of corners of America that I wasn't supposed to really. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
{\an8}I've played in a lot of corners of America that I...
{\an8}And I've had people walk out. I've had people yell at me after the show. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
{\an8}And I've had people walk out. I've had peopl...
I have had people stick around after the show and told me, "Thank you." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:14
I have had people stick around after the show and told me, &...
Can we hear it for this incredible, historic cast? - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
Can we hear it for this incredible, historic cast?
Comedy's the one thing that is still getting in there and saying, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
Comedy's the one thing that is still getting in there a...
And I do think it is a powerful tool for, you know, equality. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
And I do think it is a powerful tool for, you know, equality...
Queer people taught America to stop being scared of us - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
Queer people taught America to stop being scared of us
There's a lot of people who put their careers on the line by coming out. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
There's a lot of people who put their careers on the li...
With every person that did it onstage, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
With every person that did it onstage,
It's just a totally different world. In comedy, in culture. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
It's just a totally different world. In comedy, in cult...
It's the mainstream. It's like the subtext became the text. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
It's the mainstream. It's like the subtext became ...
Hellish things are happening, but there's more positive people out, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
Hellish things are happening, but there's more positive...
That's what we have to do, and women and people of color need to do this. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
That's what we have to do, and women and people of colo...
And when we hit boring, when LGBTQ hit boring, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
And when we hit boring, when LGBTQ hit boring,