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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

They wanted somethingthat they could understand, as opposed to this crass ladywho likes...

They wanted something
that they could understand, as opposed to this crass lady
who likes ladies

Full Transcript

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They wanted something that they could understand,
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as opposed to this crass lady who likes ladies.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:04
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.
"Listen, there's a problem." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:13
"Listen, there's a problem."
{\an8}Queer people on television face this weird conundrum - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:26
{\an8}Queer people on television face this weird conundrum
Our nation's policy toward homosexuals in the military. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
Our nation's policy toward homosexuals in the military.
In the country, it was the sense that things were bad and getting worse, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
In the country, it was the sense that things were bad and ge...
We're here. We're queer. We're feminists. Don't mess with us. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
We're here. We're queer. We're feminists. Don...
We don't have time for, like, incremental progress. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
We don't have time for, like, incremental progress.
You just have to, like, throw down right now. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
You just have to, like, throw down right now.
{\an8}The AIDS crisis made activists out of people, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
{\an8}The AIDS crisis made activists out of people,
I think my favorite activist group was from the '80s, and they were ACT UP. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
I think my favorite activist group was from the '80s, a...
And they had a great slogan, which was "silence equals death." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:14
And they had a great slogan, which was "silence equals ...
Queer comedy is really - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
Queer comedy is really
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.