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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

People knew I was gay, but, uh, I didn't really haveany material about being a lesbian

People knew I was gay, but, uh, I didn't really have
any material about being a lesbian

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People knew I was gay,
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but, uh, I didn't really have any material about being a lesbian.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
69
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:54
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 love to get my mother mad. I did this my mother a few weeks ago. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
I love to get my mother mad. I did this my mother a few week...
Next time you're driving with your mother, stop in front of the local strip joint, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:14
Next time you're driving with your mother, stop in fron...
I actually did that joke in Atlanta like a month ago, and someone yelled, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:15
I actually did that joke in Atlanta like a month ago, and so...
Hi, I'm Suzanne Westenhoefer, famous lesbian comedian. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
Hi, I'm Suzanne Westenhoefer, famous lesbian comedian.
The first clubs I played were comedy clubs in New York City. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
The first clubs I played were comedy clubs in New York City.
{\an8}In the early '90s, if you got up and said you were a lesbian or a gay man, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
{\an8}In the early '90s, if you got up and said you wer...
Many of the other comics would tell me to stop talking about gay stuff. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
Many of the other comics would tell me to stop talking about...
"You're never gonna get anywhere with that." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:13
"You're never gonna get anywhere with that."
And, uh, it was really amazing. I auditioned for them three times. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
And, uh, it was really amazing. I auditioned for them three ...
I did really well, and this little worm of a manager - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:17
I did really well, and this little worm of a manager
I think the majority of the homophobia was in that I didn't get things - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
I think the majority of the homophobia was in that I didn�...
They just weren't offered to me the way they were offered to other comics. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
They just weren't offered to me the way they were offer...
I said, "No lesbians on TV?" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
I said, "No lesbians on TV?"
I remember very clearly being told once, "Oh, you're an openly gay comedian?" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:17
I remember very clearly being told once, "Oh, you'...
I act now like I wasn't weeping somewhere - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
I act now like I wasn't weeping somewhere
There was still the hate, still the bigotry, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
There was still the hate, still the bigotry,
The next time someone says to you, "Oh, you choose to be a lesbian, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
The next time someone says to you, "Oh, you choose to b...
To insist that male-male or female-female relationships - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
To insist that male-male or female-female relationships
We need to stop the homosexual agenda, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
We need to stop the homosexual agenda,
We had the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Act, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
We had the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Act,