When Stand Up Stood Out

Lenny Clark
Denis Leary
Steven Wright
Jeneane Garofalo
Colin Quinn
Bobcat Goldthwait

Directed by: Fran Solomita


Plot: The story of the comedy boom in Boston from the mid 70s to the early 80’s told through interviews with the comedians that were there.

Review: This film is thoroughly Bostonian. From the opening credits of “Dirty Water” by the Standells to the grainy footage of Boston at night, to the nod to the 2004 World Champion Red Sox in the final credits. Being from Texas and under 30, I wasn’t really sure what I would get out of a film about a localized group of comics 30 years ago. After watching the film though you can’t help but understand the importance of this particular comedy scene to pretty much everything we know as comedy today.
When Stand Up Stood Out takes a look at what it meant to be a comic back during a time when it actually started to flourish as a form of entertainment, and with the interviews and home video footage the producers were able to put together, you get an intimate look at a time in people’s lives, people that we look at now as some of the funniest comics in the industry, when they were just regular people trying to make other people laugh. This film can be enjoyed by a larger audience because it is about people that we all know that make us laugh now at a time when it seemed the comedy was everything. Check it out. When Stand Up Stood Out is funny and poignant and well worth the time to take a look into an important part of the lives of your favorite comedians.
 

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