Outstanding A Comedy Revolution trailer HD - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution is the first feature length documentary to examine the history of queer stand up comedy, premiering on Netflix June 18th.
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00:00 An artist who's able to take their lived experience and then use it for some social change,
00:07 they are the ones that have the ability to change the world.
00:11 If you see a queer stand-up comedian, I don't think you understand the adversities they've overcome.
00:21 Back when I was starting, there weren't really very many queer comics.
00:26 When I started out, if someone were talking about being gay, most people would be shaking their head
00:31 or make sure they understood what they heard.
00:33 I wasn't open when I started comedy.
00:36 It was scary for people. They had to be in the closet to protect their career.
00:41 It was like, enough already. Things have got to change. Things have got to evolve.
00:45 If I never had sex with a woman again, I would still be a lesbian.
00:51 It was very important, the idea that we could be seen, that we should be seen, and that we can be funny.
00:56 I would not be a happy lesbian.
00:59 Queer people taught America to stop being scared of us by making jokes.
01:05 A lot of these performers, I am standing on their shoulders.
01:10 It's been such a journey that we've taken.
01:12 Queer comics, queer history, that all deserves to be talked about.
01:16 And now is the time where people can.
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