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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

It was like, "That's what I want to do." I found I loved Flip Wilson.He was on a variety...

It was like, "That's what I want to do." I found I loved Flip Wilson.
He was on a variety show

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It was like, "That's what I want to do."
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I found I loved Flip Wilson. He was on a variety show.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
72
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:46
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.
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,
It was a, you know, a slap upside the head - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
It was a, you know, a slap upside the head
From the night at Stonewall to the week Judy Garland died. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
From the night at Stonewall to the week Judy Garland died.
From Little Richard to Liberace, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
From Little Richard to Liberace,
The AIDS epidemic had taken hold, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:15
The AIDS epidemic had taken hold,