Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11

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Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11

2021

1h 28m

Comedy

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When it seemed incomprehensible to laugh again in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, entertainers walked a tightrope of appropriate humor in the turbulent days, weeks and years that followed. Through many onstage trials and tribulations -- occasionally leading to career destruction or death threats -- they discovered that comedy is a vital force that unites and heals no matter what difficult times we find ourselves in. Equal parts controversial, hilarious and inspiring, Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 explores how stand-up comedians, Broadway performers, late-night hosts, Saturday Night Live cast members, The Onion staffers and a plethora of performers managed to help their audience laugh even in the darkest of days.

Alan Ng

Film Threat

10/08/2021

8/10

...a must-see film for any rising comedian.

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Richard von Busack

SF Weekly

10/07/2021

If there was any especially brave comedy moment during the first quivering month after the attack, that moment starred japemeister Gilbert Gottfried.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

09/26/2021

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 is a documentary that does for September 11th what The Last Laugh did for the Holocaust by asking how soon is too soon.

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Stephen Silver

Splice Today

09/17/2021

4/5

The film ably captures what that moment was like, and provides some insight, while also avoiding the off-putting smugness that's often endemic to documentaries about comedy,

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Joel Fisher

Battle Royale With Cheese

09/13/2021

Too Soon manages to effectively detail the months and years where comedy changed forever.

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Nathaniel Muir

AIPT

09/11/2021

There is a humanity in the documentary that is felt the entire time. Footage & interviews depict why comedians were having such trouble figuring out the situation.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 May 30

Comic legends in just 1 hour and 28 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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When it seemed incomprehensible to laugh again in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, entertainers walked a tightrope of appropriate humor in the turbulent days, weeks and years that followed. Through many onstage trials and tribulations -- occasionally leading to career destruction or death threats -- they discovered that comedy is a vital force that unites and heals no matter what difficult times we find ourselves in. Equal parts controversial, hilarious and inspiring, Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 explores how stand-up comedians, Broadway performers, late-night hosts, Saturday Night Live cast members, The Onion staffers and a plethora of performers managed to help their audience laugh even in the darkest of days.

Director: Nick Scown, Julie Seabaugh
Producer: Tammy Chu, Ben Heins, Scott Recchia, Benjamin Stephen
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 28m