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My Vinyl Countdown continues with best guitarist you never heard of
AL.com And Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Lenny Bruce would certainly not be afraid., Buzzing on amphetamines,, he was driven by what:? By insecurity? Courage? Seeking attention? All of the above? He was relentlessly stepping up to the line and crossing over. |
The world needs another George Carlin – Toledo Blade
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The world needs another George Carlin
Toledo Blade Like his hero, Lenny Bruce, Carlin used stand-up as a vehicle for social criticism. And his criticism was as clear-eyed and incisive as any offered in the last 50 years. Read more by Will Tomer. In George Carlin's world, there were no sacred cows. He … |
There Is Nothing Good to Say About Off-Broadway’s ‘First Love’ – Observer
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There Is Nothing Good to Say About Off-Broadway's 'First Love'
Observer … a new off-Broadway debacle by the dreadful playwright Charles Mee at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, two over-the-hill senior citizens discuss the good old days (“Ferlinghetti, Gandhi, Lenny Bruce, Kerouac, Patti Smith…where have all … |
Kathy Griffin brings her ‘Laugh Your Head Off’ tour to Providence – The Providence Journal
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Kathy Griffin brings her 'Laugh Your Head Off' tour to Providence
The Providence Journal The New York Times, in reviewing one of Griffin's early shows in Dublin last November, during which she fainted, compared her to Lenny Bruce during the mid-1960s. At the time Bruce was obsessed over his own battles with the government over obscenity, … Kathy Griffin on tour, that 'harmless' bloody Trump photo, her gripe with Kevin Hart Kathy Griffin Takes Shot at Kevin Hart for Not Going After Trump: 'That's a Pu**y Move Because He's a Black Man' |
Littérature. Lenny Bruce, le fer dans les plaies de l’Amérique – L’Humanité
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Littérature. Lenny Bruce, le fer dans les plaies de l'Amérique
L’Humanité Ceux qui ont vu Lenny, le biopic crépusculaire que lui a consacré Bob Fosse, avec Dustin Hoffman dans le rôle-titre, savent que Lenny Bruce était un génie. Mal élevé, irrévérencieux, traquant l'hypocrisie dans les moindres recoins, il a choqué l … |
The zombie movie that started it all – Connect Savannah.com
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The zombie movie that started it all
Connect Savannah.com Romero changed the course of cinema the way Lenny Bruce changed the course of standup comedy.” While an X rating doesn't have the force of law, it would have been the commercial kiss of death — “newspapers and magazines would refuse to accept … |
Does vulgarity equal comedy? – Albany Times Union (blog)
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Does vulgarity equal comedy?
Albany Times Union (blog) The “granddaddy of raunchy comedy” was of course Lenny Bruce. Lenny Bruce's story is as tragic as it is compelling. Born Leonard Alfred Schneider in Mineola, New York (Long Island) to a Jewish family that quickly moved to Bellmore, (Where like some of … |
Trump Talk is Taking Late-Night to a New Content Crossroads … – Variety
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Trump Talk is Taking Late-Night to a New Content Crossroads …
Variety Are the nation'slate-night shows becoming as partisan as the primetime lineups on MSNBC and Fox News? That wouldn't be funny at all. |