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Friday, October 19, 2007
Opening Night VIP and Society Member Party 7:30 SSW
The Curiosity of Chance 9:00 SSW
Opening Night Party   SSW
     
Saturday, Oct. 20
A Four Letter Word 2:30 SSW
Born Again 4:45 SSW
THE BUBBLE 7:00 SSW
One Night Stand 9:15 SSW
Boys Night Out 10:00 SPN
Girl's Night Out
10:45 CAT
     
Sunday, Oct. 21
Outing Riley 4:45 SSW
Shelter Me 7:00 SSW
Tan Lines 7:00 HT
The Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror 9:15 SSW
     
Monday, Oct. 22
Kate Clinton: 25th Anniversary Tour 7:00 SSW
The Two Sides of the Bed 9:15 SSW
     
Tuesday, Oct. 23
Men's Shorts 9:15 SSW
     
Wednesday, Oct. 24
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother 7:00 SSW
Laughing Matters...The Men 9:30 SSW
     
Thursday, Oct. 25
Vivere 7:00 SSW
Spider Lilies 9:15 SSW
     
Friday, Oct. 26
You Belong To Me/Local Shorts 7:00 SSW
It's Friday Night Out 9:00 TC
Buffy Sing-a-long 9:45 SSW
     
Saturday, Oct. 27
Youth Shorts 4:45 SSW
Book Signing Summer Club and The Creatures 6-7, 8-9 SSW
Nina's Heavenly Delights 6:45 SSW
Girls Night Out: 9:00 SAL
2 Minutes Later 9:00 SSW
Dead Boyz Don't Scream 11:00 SSW
     
Sunday, Oct. 28
Sound of Music Sing-a-long 2:00 SSW
Shelter 5:15 SSW
Itty Bitty Titty Committee 7:30 SSW
Closing Night Party   CCF
     
Tuesday, Oct 30
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 8:00 HT
Party following the movie Priscilla   Images
     
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Laughing Matters...The Men
Wednesday, Oct. 24 9:30pm @ SouthSide Works Theater

US
2007
82 minutes
Language: English
Director: Andrea Meyerson

Andrea Meyerson (Laughing Matters... More) is back this year with this crowd-pleasing portrait of six very funny gay men.

Comedy inspires a variety of emotions, not the least of which is hilarity. Stand-up comedy - typically rooted in the pain and suffering of its orator - provides hilarity for its audience but is also a kind of auto-therapy for the comedian on stage, whose most effective material is often the sheer messiness of his own life. Which is why, in theory, gay comedians should have no trouble slaying an audience every time. The comedians showcased in Laughing Matters find their voices in both affirming gay stereotypes and refuting them - yes, variety television joke writer Bruce Vilanch is a big flaming queen, but with 16 Oscar telecasts under his belt, not to mention a Miss Black Teen Utah pageant, who's laughing all the way to the bank? And while Scott Kennedy may look like a superannuated frat boy sports junkie from Lubbock, Texas, he's really watching all those football games for more than just the touchdowns.

These are gay men who find humor in what gays have guffawed at time and again, from Star Jones and sissy children to zany comings out and butch tops with femme proclivities. Defying race, ethnicity, body type and cultural import, the men of Laughing Matters share a rich propensity for mining humor out of everyday gay life, cultivating honesty, combating shame and reappropriating power along the way. Rounding out this rainbow coalition of outsider humorists is African American Andre Kelly, New York Jew Eddie Sarfaty, Filipino Catholic Alec Mapa and suburban white male Bob Smith. - ANDY BAILEY

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