In
2006, to mark
her silver anniversary
as a performer,
Kate Clinton embarked
on a 50-city “It’s
Come to This!”
tour, sponsored
by the National
Center for Lesbian
Rights. Her hilarious
performances are
interspersed with
a variety of personal
moments along
the tour route,
including backstage
banter with her
18-year partner
Urvashi Vaid,
a public reading
from her new book
"What the L?", and
cameos from Lily
Tomlin, Melissa
Etheridge, Billie
Jean King, Marga
Gomez, Vickie
Shaw and other
lesbian comics.
For a woman who
has successfully
changed people’s
lives and minds
through her smart
style of lesbian
humor, it’s a
tribute well earned.
Set
in Seattle, “Exes
and Ohs” follows
the ups and downs
of five lesbian
friends. At the
center of the
group is Jennifer
Butler, a smart,
single documentary
filmmaker with
a vivid fantasy
life and a floundering
career. Jennifer’s
surrogate family
is always there
to help. They
include: Sam,
her best friend,
a sexy commitment-phobe
who flips real
estate almost
as fast as she
flips women; Chris
and Kris, a long-term
lesbian couple
who are trying
to start a family
even as they expand
their online pet
accessory business;
and Crutch, a
young singer/songwriter
who wants to be
taken seriously
by the rest of
the group but
first has some
growing up to
do. Together,
this tight-knit
group of friends
helps each other
survive singlehood,
couplehood… and
one another.
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