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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

We were just trying to be funny and do something that was clever and crazy and subversive

We were just trying to be funny and do something that was clever and crazy and subversive

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We were just trying to be funny
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and do something that was clever and crazy
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and subversive.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:29
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.
Without You I'm Nothing was also incredibly political - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:14
Without You I'm Nothing was also incredibly political
Religious America is awakening, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
Religious America is awakening,
We were experiencing - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
We were experiencing
I can think of pastors now in the pulpit - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
I can think of pastors now in the pulpit
I thought, "Why do we want to repress each other?" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
I thought, "Why do we want to repress each other?"
{\an8}Out of the gay liberation movement, the idea is like, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:19
{\an8}Out of the gay liberation movement, the idea is like,
It was a, you know, a slap upside the head - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
It was a, you know, a slap upside the head
From the night at Stonewall to the week Judy Garland died. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
From the night at Stonewall to the week Judy Garland died.
From Little Richard to Liberace, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
From Little Richard to Liberace,
The AIDS epidemic had taken hold, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:15
The AIDS epidemic had taken hold,
...of, like, having to be there and jump in, full throttle. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
...of, like, having to be there and jump in, full throttle.
♪ There's something... ♪ - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
♪ There's something... ♪
♪ ...I want to ask you ♪ - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
♪ ...I want to ask you ♪
♪ There's something that I want to know ♪ - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
♪ There's something that I want to know ♪
♪ ...You have the answers ♪ - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
♪ ...You have the answers ♪
It was... it was rough, but Sandra was so bold. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
It was... it was rough, but Sandra was so bold.
Like, just a wild woman pointing out hypocrisy. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
Like, just a wild woman pointing out hypocrisy.
Jerry Falwell tries to fight the funk, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
Jerry Falwell tries to fight the funk,
And it was just so much fun to watch, and it was just impressive. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
And it was just so much fun to watch, and it was just impres...
'Cause the funk fights fascism, racism, sexism, homophobia. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
'Cause the funk fights fascism, racism, sexism, homopho...