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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

So I just decide to create characters as a wayto get around the way the world was

So I just decide to create characters as a way
to get around the way the world was

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So I just decide to create characters
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as a way to get around the way the world was.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:37
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.
All of The Kids in the Hall was suffused with a queer sensibility. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
All of The Kids in the Hall was suffused with a queer sensib...
Like, the very act of men dressing in dresses and looking good - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
Like, the very act of men dressing in dresses and looking go...
Scott Thompson seemed to not even contemplate - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
Scott Thompson seemed to not even contemplate
His nickname for me was "Next!" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:16
His nickname for me was "Next!"
Now that I own a gay bar, I can't stay in the closet anymore. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
Now that I own a gay bar, I can't stay in the closet an...
And I think the other key reason - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
And I think the other key reason
The queen was always castrated, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
The queen was always castrated,
You know, I just thought, life can change on a dime, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
You know, I just thought, life can change on a dime,
Like, in the late '70s, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
Like, in the late '70s,
♪ Young man, there's a place you can go ♪ - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
♪ Young man, there's a place you can go ♪
♪ ...Many ways to have a good time ♪ - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
♪ ...Many ways to have a good time ♪
♪ It's fun to stay at the Y-- ♪ - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
♪ It's fun to stay at the Y-- ♪
A mystery disease known as the "gay plague" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
A mystery disease known as the "gay plague"
Gay men in those days were considered vile. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
Gay men in those days were considered vile.
You have to realize that during the Reagan administration, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
You have to realize that during the Reagan administration,
Does anybody at the White House know about this epidemic, Larry? - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:29
Does anybody at the White House know about this epidemic, La...
You don't make AIDS jokes when all these people were dying. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
You don't make AIDS jokes when all these people were dy...
{\an8}There was a time where comedy was very accepting of homophobia. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
{\an8}There was a time where comedy was very accepting of ho...
{\an8}And if you don't believe me, open up your Spotify - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
{\an8}And if you don't believe me, open up your Spotify
{\an8}Just imagine... Imagine you're a gay fan of Eddie Murphy - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
{\an8}Just imagine... Imagine you're a gay fan of Eddie...