An inspiring, powerful and wickedly funny picture of one of comedy's most enigmatic and important characters, CALL ME LUCKY informs the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, sexually outspoken and whipsmart comic whose efforts from the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the following creation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins' hard-drinking, curmudgeonly character set an undercurrent of anger stemming from his horrible and long-suppressed abuse as a child -- in the political arena and a rage that found its way outside of their humor clubs and tv shows.
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An inspiring, powerful and wickedly funny picture of one of comedy's most enigmatic and important characters, CALL ME LUCKY informs the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, sexually outspoken and whipsmart comic whose efforts from the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the following creation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins' hard-drinking, curmudgeonly character set an undercurrent of anger stemming from his horrible and long-suppressed abuse as a child -- in the political arena and a rage that found its way outside of their humor clubs and tv shows.
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