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Lenny Bruce: The Myth of Free Speech
Lenny Bruce: The Myth of Free Speech
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In 1964, Lenny Bruce was riding high. His underdog, idealistic humor took on every American icon and sacred cow, from capitalism to organized religion to sexual mores.
College kids adored him.
Unknown to him, the New York City Police Department had planted undercover vice squad detectives in his audience.
After both performances, Lenny Bruce was handcuffed, led away from the stage, and taken into police custody.
The charge: Using obscene words during his act.
Overnight, Bruce found himself in professional exile, with almost every nightclub in the country blacklisting him.
On August 3, 1966, police and press surrounded his Hollywood Hills home.
Lenny Bruce was found lying naked on his tiled bathroom floor, trousers below his knees, dead of a drug overdose.
Through a brief series of no-nonsense vignettes and snapshots, Philip Dossick provides a first-rate account of this tragic chapter in Bruce's life, and of the brilliant comic that changed the face of comedy forever.
College kids adored him.
Unknown to him, the New York City Police Department had planted undercover vice squad detectives in his audience.
After both performances, Lenny Bruce was handcuffed, led away from the stage, and taken into police custody.
The charge: Using obscene words during his act.
Overnight, Bruce found himself in professional exile, with almost every nightclub in the country blacklisting him.
On August 3, 1966, police and press surrounded his Hollywood Hills home.
Lenny Bruce was found lying naked on his tiled bathroom floor, trousers below his knees, dead of a drug overdose.
Through a brief series of no-nonsense vignettes and snapshots, Philip Dossick provides a first-rate account of this tragic chapter in Bruce's life, and of the brilliant comic that changed the face of comedy forever.
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