Laughing Matters

LAUGHING MATTERS celebrates the work of four lesbian comics who pioneered queer standup comedy in the 1980s and early '90s, when being out in the entertainment industry was not as common a topic as it is in the post-Ellen DeGeneres era. Alternating candid interviews with live standup performances, comedians Kate Clinton, Karen Williams, Marga Gomez, and Suzanne Westenhoefer offer their comic observations on being funny and lesbian--and the unique challenges involved in both.