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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I had to solve the puzzle that is me for my audience,before they felt comfortable to laugh

I had to solve the puzzle that is me for my audience,
before they felt comfortable to laugh

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I had to solve the puzzle that is me
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for my audience, before they felt comfortable to laugh.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
01:32:36
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.
And as you get more and more experience, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
And as you get more and more experience,
Back then, in the good old days, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
Back then, in the good old days,
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...