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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Back then, they had variety shows, and that was like the coreof American entertainment

Back then, they had variety shows, and that was like the core
of American entertainment

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Back then, they had variety shows,
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and that was like the core of American entertainment.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
80
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:18
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.
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
I thought, "Why do we want to repress each other?" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
I thought, "Why do we want to repress each other?"
{\an8}Out of the gay liberation movement, the idea is like, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:19
{\an8}Out of the gay liberation movement, the idea is like,