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Not So Funny? Late-Night's Trump-Fueled Humor Has Limits
Variety The current crop of late-night hosts have no doubt studied the format's obvious pioneers, people like Jack Paar, Steve Allen, Joan Rivers – even George Carlin and Lenny Bruce. They might also want to read some Sun Tzu, the military strategist, who once … |
Viva Lenny Bruce – Il Foglio
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Viva Lenny Bruce
Il Foglio L'ultima volta lo abbiamo visto in “La fantastica signora Maisel”, sconsigliava il lavoro del comico: “Non dovrebbe esistere, come il cancro e Dio. Preferirei lavare i panni del Ku Klux Klan, ritrarre bambini storpi, lavorare al mattatoio, ma altro non … |
MELVYN FEIN: Society needs dedication to common moral standards – MDJOnline.com
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MELVYN FEIN: Society needs dedication to common moral standards
MDJOnline.com Does this mean that we must now ban all offensive humor? Lenny Bruce must be rolling over in his grave. (Wait, wasn't he a liberal?) Worse than the brutal condemnation of Roseanne was the remedy. She was instantly fired. Really? Should every occurrence … |
KATHY’S THE NEW LENNY, MINUS THE LAUGHS – Daily Telegraph (blog)
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KATHY'S THE NEW LENNY, MINUS THE LAUGHS
Daily Telegraph (blog) "F**k you, madam,” Bruce replied. “That's different, isn't it?" Comedienne Kathy Griffin is now following Bruce's example, with the added disadvantage of never previously being funny. Back in May, 2017, Griffin thought it amusing to pose holding a … |
Sam and Rosie: An Odd Couple – The Good Men Project (blog)
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Sam and Rosie: An Odd Couple
The Good Men Project (blog) Lenny Bruce pretty much died for this point. Context is inseparable from language. 2) Complain all you want about who should get fired or cancelled, but the two performers have different employers. It's the employer's decision to exercise a response to … |
Lenny Bruce, still standing – Grazia
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Lenny Bruce, still standing
Grazia Dans les sixties, le scandale avait un nom : Lenny Bruce. Sa carrière a commencé sagement, d'imitations en sketches polissons, avant qu'il ne trouve sa méthode : dire ce qu'il pense, sans filtre, inventant au passage le stand-up. Lenny Bruce parlait … |
MARK HUGHES COBB: It’s no joke: Humor isn’t hate – Tuscaloosa News
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MARK HUGHES COBB: It's no joke: Humor isn't hate
Tuscaloosa News Some of our most brilliant comic artists have drawn from the deep within: Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks, Lenny Bruce. Shakespeare's comedies frequently tear through uncomfortable dichotomies: Shylock and Malvolio can be both villian and victim. Marcus … |
Why Han Solo Is The Most Goyish ‘Star Wars’ Hero – Forward
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Why Han Solo Is The Most Goyish 'Star Wars' Hero
Forward In Lenny Bruce's terms, Han Solo always struck me as the most goyish of the “Star Wars” heroes. And in the new film “Solo,” he seems even more so. Recall (or, for a younger generation, come and learn) that for the outlaw comedian Lenny Bruce … |
Lenny Bruce, le comique qui débrida l’Amérique – Télérama.fr
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Lenny Bruce, le comique qui débrida l'Amérique
Télérama.fr C'est ainsi que nous nous retrouvons aujourd'hui face à une légende oubliée depuis des siècles, Lenny Bruce (1925-1966), provocateur de génie qui scandalisa l'Amérique de Kennedy. Les éditions Tristram, installées loin de tout, dans les campagnes du … |
Philip Roth: An appreciation by Bill Flanagan – CBS News
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Philip Roth: An appreciation by Bill Flanagan
CBS News He wrote about male attitudes toward sex with a fierceness that offended conservatives, feminists, and some literary critics. He was like a mix of Chekhov, D.H. Lawrence and Lenny Bruce. Roth's super-ego studied his id like a scientist making notes on … |