Too Soon: Comedy After 9-11 (2021)

Original title

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11

Directed by

Nick Scown, Julie Seabaugh

Genre

documentary, comedy

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews comedians about how comedy responded to the September 11 attacks. It looks at the jokes that emerged and the controversies they caused.

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What happens

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 is a 2021 television documentary film produced by Pulse Films, Vice TV and Hazy Mills Productions, and directed by Nick Fituri Scown and Julie Seabaugh. The film chronicles the role of comedy in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The film premiered on September 8, 2021 on Vice TV. The documentary features interviews with many comedians and actors, including Gilbert Gottfried, Lewis Black, Matthew Broderick, Jimmy Carr, Cedric the Entertainer, David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Nathan Lane, Marc Maron, Russell Peters, Michael Schur, Doug Stanhope, and more. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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