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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Queer comedy is really how we dealt with trauma

Queer comedy is really how we dealt with trauma

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Queer comedy is really
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how we dealt with trauma.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
50
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:55
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.
Trauma in the form of homophobia, trauma in the form of racism, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
Trauma in the form of homophobia, trauma in the form of raci...
So after I didn't become a television star, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
So after I didn't become a television star,
I wanted to find my audience. I wanted to find my group. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
I wanted to find my audience. I wanted to find my group.
I was able to create my own comedy shows - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
I was able to create my own comedy shows
I went through this whole thing. You know, I was like, "Am I gay?" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
I went through this whole thing. You know, I was like, "...
First time I watched Margaret Cho, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
First time I watched Margaret Cho,
I love the word "faggot" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
I love the word "faggot"
It was like, "Oh, gay people exist, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
It was like, "Oh, gay people exist,
That would be ass, Judy Garland, and Margaret Cho. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
That would be ass, Judy Garland, and Margaret Cho.
{\an8}She was doing shows that were for us by us, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
{\an8}She was doing shows that were for us by us,
A more diverse group of comedians - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
A more diverse group of comedians
{\an8}I remember listening to Margaret do stand-up for the first time, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
{\an8}I remember listening to Margaret do stand-up for the f...
It was bawdy, it was raunchy, it was, you know, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
It was bawdy, it was raunchy, it was, you know,
So many of us felt like we didn't belong in traditional spaces. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
So many of us felt like we didn't belong in traditional...
I was told a bunch by other comics when I was coming up, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:13
I was told a bunch by other comics when I was coming up,
Even if it's not a joke about anal sex, that's where their brains will go, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
Even if it's not a joke about anal sex, that's whe...
As soon as I got the opportunity, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
As soon as I got the opportunity,
Um, he is white, but, um, on any given night, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
Um, he is white, but, um, on any given night,
At that time, queer comedy was really, uh, sort of a solace. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
At that time, queer comedy was really, uh, sort of a solace.
And for me, it's really important for audiences - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
And for me, it's really important for audiences