Uplifting documentary allows its funny, flawed and likable subject to tell the poignant story of how she came to realise who she was
In 2016, the comedian Julia Scotti auditioned for America’s Got Talent and brought the house down. Once the applause had died away, the judges asked Scotti, then 63, why she’d come to comedy so late in life. She explained she’d actually been doing it for years – but as a man called Rick, in the mists of the 1980s, when she’d shared bills with Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld.
This uplifting documentary tells Scotti’s story, and director Susan Sandler doesn’t take a whizz-bang approach – there’s some animation here and there, but most of the film is spent simply letting Scotti talk about her life in different settings: on stage, in cars, on sofas with her grownup son. The no-frills strategy works because Scotti is such cracking company,...
In 2016, the comedian Julia Scotti auditioned for America’s Got Talent and brought the house down. Once the applause had died away, the judges asked Scotti, then 63, why she’d come to comedy so late in life. She explained she’d actually been doing it for years – but as a man called Rick, in the mists of the 1980s, when she’d shared bills with Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld.
This uplifting documentary tells Scotti’s story, and director Susan Sandler doesn’t take a whizz-bang approach – there’s some animation here and there, but most of the film is spent simply letting Scotti talk about her life in different settings: on stage, in cars, on sofas with her grownup son. The no-frills strategy works because Scotti is such cracking company,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Leaf Arbuthnot
- The Guardian - Film News
I like Funny That Way. It is a fun, touching documentary on trans coming out. I mean, what’s not to like? It speaks very directly to me and my own experience of coming out and it includes some genuinely entertaining moments of stand-up comedy.
And whatever your own personal circumstance, if you are trans, there much here that you are likely to find very recognisable.
It is the story of Julia Scotti who, prior to coming out, in the late 1990’s was doing well. Then, as Rick, Julia was what critics would have described as “one to watch” - working clubs across the USA and regularly billed alongside the likes of Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld.
Then the roof fell in. At age 47, Julia realised that her life as a man did not fit. After an amount of soul-searching, she began the process of gender transition – hormones and, eventually,...
And whatever your own personal circumstance, if you are trans, there much here that you are likely to find very recognisable.
It is the story of Julia Scotti who, prior to coming out, in the late 1990’s was doing well. Then, as Rick, Julia was what critics would have described as “one to watch” - working clubs across the USA and regularly billed alongside the likes of Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld.
Then the roof fell in. At age 47, Julia realised that her life as a man did not fit. After an amount of soul-searching, she began the process of gender transition – hormones and, eventually,...
- 8/10/2020
- by Jane Fae
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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