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Summary:

In the comedy boom of the 80's Rick Scotti was in high demand--headlining in clubs across the country, on bills with Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld--when he came to the dawning realization that nothing felt right. At a time when the words gender dysphoria and gender reassignment surgery were rarely heard, Rick's true awakening led to a new identity as Julia Scotti. And then the doors shut tight. Everyone turned away--former wives, friends, comedy world buddies, and most painfully, Julia was shut out from any contact with her children. She reinvented herself, spent a decade teaching, and then stepped back on stage to begin her journey back to comedy. In that same period, her children reached out to her after 15 years of separation. Shot over a period of five years, Julia Scotti: Funny That Way tracks Julia's triumphant comeback, the complex process of reuniting with her children, and the way that comedy becomes a shared language of identity, healing and joy.

Contributors:

Sandler, Susan , film producer, film director

Transformative Comedy (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Good Docs (Firm) , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Closed captioning available.

Subjects:

Scotti, Jula

Comedians — United States

Transgender people — United States

Gender identity — United States

Comedians

Transgender people

Gender identity

United States

Genres:

Internet videos

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Feature films

Biographical films

Online media

System Details:

Digital format: System requirements: Adobe Flash or equivalent.

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 21, 2022).
Public performance rights included.
Institutional Streaming Licenses permit screening on the Unified Campus to a group only when no admission is charged and there is no advertising outside the learning community.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr. 13 min.)) : sound, color

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Docuseek2: gd-jsftw

OCLC Numbers:

1316706156

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: doc001041885