Best Documentaries You Watched Recently?
Jan 18, 2016 10:33:42 GMT -5
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Jan 18, 2016 10:33:42 GMT -5
Call Me Lucky. Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, it profiles comedian and activist Barry Crimmins. Barry Crimmins was a prominent figure in the stand up comedy scene in Boston during the 80's as both a performer and a booker (his show at the Ding Ho Chinese food joint gave stage time to guys like Denis Leary, Lenny Clarke, Steven Wright, Paula Poundstone, amongst others). In the early 90's he had a breakdown on stage about sexual abuse he was the victim of as a child and became an advocate for child sexual abuse victims and took AOL to task for its less than stringent rules about people who use their service for distributing child pornography (AOL had a "three strikes" rule regarding this!). It's an excellent documentary that is very funny, but is also very dark.
