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We shall be free. Because we are everywhere!
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

We shall be free.Because we are everywhere!

We shall be free.
Because we are everywhere!

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We shall be free. Because we are everywhere!
Duration
4 seconds
Views
197
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:28
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.
You have to make things better for people in every fundamental way in life - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:14
You have to make things better for people in every fundament...
And here are these two women, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
And here are these two women,
There's one very special person, Jane Wagner, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
There's one very special person, Jane Wagner,
Talk about brave and true to yourself - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
Talk about brave and true to yourself
In the '70s, gay people were beginning to push forward, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
In the '70s, gay people were beginning to push forward,
I'm so happy to introduce someone very, very special. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
I'm so happy to introduce someone very, very special.
♪ One minute I'm craving Chiquita banana ♪ - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:16
♪ One minute I'm craving Chiquita banana ♪
I was a fan of Lily Tomlin - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
I was a fan of Lily Tomlin
{\an8}That connection that we have with other gay artists - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
{\an8}That connection that we have with other gay artists
I mean, everything she did, I just wanted to... I wanted to be like her. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
I mean, everything she did, I just wanted to... I wanted to ...
{\an8}Comedy is that balm that says, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:16
{\an8}Comedy is that balm that says,
{\an8}Sandra Bernhard, most people knew who she was - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:16
{\an8}Sandra Bernhard, most people knew who she was
Anytime she was on, it was an event. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
Anytime she was on, it was an event.
I really like to think of my performing as a variety show, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
I really like to think of my performing as a variety show,
Back then, they had variety shows, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
Back then, they had variety shows,
The variety shows of the 1970s were like a kaleidoscope. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
The variety shows of the 1970s were like a kaleidoscope.
You would get characters and musical numbers and costumes. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
You would get characters and musical numbers and costumes.
For the young queer kids of the '70s, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
For the young queer kids of the '70s,
It was like, "That's what I want to do." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
It was like, "That's what I want to do."
He wasn't just like, "I'm a man in a dress." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
He wasn't just like, "I'm a man in a dress.&q...