SOPHIE AKA Sophie Xeon (Sept. 17, 1986- Jan. 30, 2021) was a pioneering transgender (She/Her) Scottish electronic musician who established the Hyperpop microgenre. Her career was cut short when she passed away after an accidental fall. This is her 2018 conversation with Sophia (https://youtu.be/ScsgDIfZzg4?is=ki0fwBw_iyCj3XGA), a realistic social humanoid robot created in 2016 by Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics. She is the first robot to be granted Saudi Arabian citizenship.
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Barbara Hammer (May 15, 1939 – March 16, 2019)🇺🇸 was a feminist film director, film scholar, writer & cinematographer who was one of the leading lesbian filmmakers during her over 5 decade long career. “I Was/I Am” (1973) (https://youtu.be/joVHBcJXFxg?is=8ncKQnrLXFpzr0md) examines the journey from compulsory cisfeminine heteronormativity to Lesbian Euphoria.
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And now our Feature Presentation: “The People’s Joker” (2022) (on TUBI (https://tubitv.com/movies/100050834/the-people-s-joker) & here (https://m.ok.ru/video/14376913144457)) written, directed, produced & starring by creative multi-hyphenate transgender lesbian Vera Drew (She/Her)
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UCB = The Upright Citizen Brigade (https://ucbcomedy.com), comedy theater and training program founded in the 90s by Amy Poehler (SNL, Parks & Rec, etc), Matt Walsh (Veep, The Daily Show), Ian Roberts (Reno 911!, Arrested Development, etc.) and Matt Besser (Reno 911!, Comedy Bang Bang, etc.). It’s become one of the premiere comedy education spaces in the USA.
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“The People’s Joker” (2022) was created using a a crowdfunded budget of $25K AND crowdsourced artwork. More than 100 artists contributed to backdrops, wardrobe, set design and character animation.
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