Name/Title
Wise CracksEntry/Object ID
2024.7.23Description
This performance comedy features America's top female comediennes delivering some of their best lines to live audiences. Mixed in are behind-the-scenes interviews and clips from pioneers in women's comedy to add insight to the comedy business.
Sex, PMS, men, relationships - all explored from a woman's perspective. Gender insights aside, there is a difference in the delivery of the material; there's clearly something going on with each of these performances that goes beyond the basic dynamics of comedy. The key? In each performance, a woman stands up before an audience, demanding attention, while she takes on all the lies, myths, and realities of day-to-day life - and takes them apart, sometimes tastelessly or offensively, often aggressively, and always irreverently. They're required to deal with hecklers and defuse potentially ugly situations. These women fly in the face of the norm and work to elicit a laugh while they're at it. It can be a difficult line to walk, but these comediennes do it with hilarious results.Motion Picture Details
Subject
Stand-up comedySubject Person
Whoopi Goldberg, Ellen DeGeneres, Kim Wayans, Paula Poundstone, Pam StoneMotion Picture Details
Genre
Performance comedyFilm Gauge/Format
VHSRuntime
1:33:00Director
Gail SingerCopyright
Copyright Holder
Monarch Home VideoCopyright Date
1991Create Date
June 10, 2024Update Date
November 4, 2024