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# Documentary on trans comedian Julia Scotti to be released on Trans Day of Visibility, March 31
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/documentary-on-trans-comedian-julia-scotti-to-be-released-on-trans-day-of-visibility-march-31/
- Published: 2023-02-24T16:00:07.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-24T21:47:20.000Z
- Description: With breath-taking emotional honesty, Julia Scotti: Funny That Way is a tender, funny and powerful portrait of transgender comedian Julia Scotti that explores the unrelenting courage and humour it takes to be Julia.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Arts, News, Trans Day of Visibility

With breath-taking emotional honesty, ***Julia Scotti: Funny That Way*** is a tender, funny and powerful portrait of transgender comedian **Julia Scotti** that explores the unrelenting courage and humour it takes to be Julia.

In the comedy boom of the 1980s, **Rick Scotti** was a busy guy – appearing in clubs across the country, on bills with **Chris Rock** and **Jerry Seinfeld** – when he came to the powerful realisation that nothing felt right. At a time when the words gender dysphoria and gender reassignment surgery were rarely heard, Rick’s true awakening at age 47 led to a new identity as Julia Scotti.

And then everyone turned away: friends, family, comedy world buddies, and most painfully Julia was shut out from any contact with her children. She reinvented herself, spent a decade teaching, and then several years ago, stepped back on stage and began her journey back to the family she loves.

Shot over a period of five years, the documentary tracks Julia’s triumphant comeback and the complex process of reuniting with her children, as comedy becomes the shared language of identity, healing, and joy.

*Julia Scotti: Funny That Way* is released on **Transgender Day of Visibility** on **31 March 2023** and is produced and directed by **Susan Sandler** (*Crossing Delancey*).