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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

We were beginning to seemore people coming out at the time because lesbian and gay civil...

We were beginning to see
more people coming out at the time because lesbian and gay civil rights
were becoming a movement

Full Transcript

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We were beginning to see more people coming out at the time
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because lesbian and gay civil rights were becoming a movement.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
446
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:10
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.
{\an8}In the gay world, it had a real resonance - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
{\an8}In the gay world, it had a real resonance
The Stonewall Rebellion is popularly regarded - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
The Stonewall Rebellion is popularly regarded
Stonewall was a bar in Greenwich Village in New York. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
Stonewall was a bar in Greenwich Village in New York.
It started a political movement, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
It started a political movement,
Young, countercultural gay people were looking to have their revolution. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
Young, countercultural gay people were looking to have their...
{\an8}Queerness has existed and will always exist in this country. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
{\an8}Queerness has existed and will always exist in this co...
Stonewall is an extraordinarily important touchstone, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
Stonewall is an extraordinarily important touchstone,
{\an8}There were certainly people who had made a name for themselves in pre-World War II. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
{\an8}There were certainly people who had made a name for th...
{\an8}Rae Bourbon is, I think, a perfect example of that. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
{\an8}Rae Bourbon is, I think, a perfect example of that.
Now, in spite of rumors to the contrary, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:17
Now, in spite of rumors to the contrary,
But the Depression and then World War II - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
But the Depression and then World War II
After World War II, as there was a Red Scare, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
After World War II, as there was a Red Scare,
Most of the stand-up that was going on in the 1950s and '60s - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
Most of the stand-up that was going on in the 1950s and ...
And for many of these comics, the defining feature of their comedy - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
And for many of these comics, the defining feature of their ...
You know, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, great, great comics, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
You know, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, great, great comics,
I'm always fascinated when you tell us personal things - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:20
I'm always fascinated when you tell us personal things
But in the post-Stonewall era, you start to see a whole cultural shift, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
But in the post-Stonewall era, you start to see a whole cult...
If, in 20 minutes, no one has signed up for the blind date barbecue, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
If, in 20 minutes, no one has signed up for the blind date b...
{\an8}Harrison and Tyler briefly had a late-night TV show, which I wrote. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
{\an8}Harrison and Tyler briefly had a late-night TV show, w...
I am going to cancel the cigarette-rolling tournament, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
I am going to cancel the cigarette-rolling tournament,