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Knockers Up!: The Lady Behind the Laughs
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0052824600294
Format: Best of, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Gnp Crescendo
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Gnp Crescendo
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Gnp Crescendo
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Running Time: 76 minutes
Studio: Gnp Crescendo
Theatrical Release Date: May 27, 2008
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Editorial Review:
Largely forgotten today, Rusty Warren was a pioneering comedienne who broke down barriers with her frank comedy act discussing sex, long before the era of Phyllis Diller and Lenny Bruce. Best known for her "Knockers Up" party records, Warren, who now resides in Hawaii, was a clasically trained pianist, who one night while improvising with the audience between numbers as a lounge piano player, came up with the routine she is best known for today. A nice breezy look at the career of this trailblazer, this documentary seeks to position her in the pantheon of great barrier-breaking comics. The core of the film is a late career Stand-up routine filmed in Las Vegas, and though one wishes for some footage of Rusty in her early 1960's prime, there's priceless early-to-mid seventies footage of Rusty on various talk shows, including one where she delivers a biographical slide-show. A pleasant reminder of a potent talent. --Kristian St. Clair
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - YES! At Last! Rusty in concert, in private, in interviews! A DVD long overdue & well worth the wait!
To say that Rusty Warren was ahead of her time is an understatement. Unsubtly, unblushingly and undauntedly, this amazing lady challenged and changed the American public's perception of sex from the 1950s to the `70s through a career in sell-out comedy performances and million selling albums that certified her status as "queen of the party records."
In an era of personalities as groundbreaking, dynamic and as original as Ruth Wallis, Pat Collins, Christine Jorgensen and Phyllis Diller ... Read More
Rating: - What a great DVD, Insider Info.
Now we all have a chance to find out what was really going on with Rusty Warren and the rest of the world back in the good old days of nightclub acts and Vegas's heyday. I recommend this DVD to everyone.
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