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By Caleb Ewing

A year after a public reckoning stemming from sexual assault allegations, a disgraced comic and one of his victims separately forge a return to stand-up comedy while dealing with the baggage they carry from the fallout.

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#MeToo ##pilot ##dramedy ##drama #trauma #Controversy
STANDING UP follows a disgraced comic and one of his victims who each attempt to return to stand-up comedy as a way to overcome the baggage they still carry from the situation, just to find that baggage standing in their way.

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