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Source:The New Democrat “Ideological turmoil in America has reached unprecedented heights. With conservatives falling into the unfalsifiable throws of populism and Liberals fetishizing 1960 solutions to 2020 problems, both appear lost in moving through the 21st century. What comes after Trump for the populist? What comes after liberals fail yet again to implement a child’s […]
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Category Archives: Lenny Bruce
The New Yorker: Douglas Watt- ‘The Glittering, Corrosive Humor of Lenny Bruce’
“Early in 1966, the entertainer Lenny Bruce, who died in the midsummer of that year at the age of forty from a self-administered overdose of morphine, gave his next-to-last public performance, at the Berkeley Community Theatre, a large auditorium near … Continue reading
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NBC: The Steve Allen Show- Lenny Bruce (1959)
Source:The Daily Review “Lenny is tender/mean/sweet at the same time. Enjoy! One of my favorite comedy bits of him.” From Sam Legend Wrestling “Lenny’s heart-wrenching take on solitude and love’s end… It always makes my eyes dewy: Lenny’s SO autobiographical … Continue reading
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Tagged 1959, America, Censorship, Christian Conservatism, Christian Conservatives, Christian Right, Comedy, Far Right, Fascism, Fascists, First Amendment, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, Lenny Bruce, NBC, New Right, New York, New York City, Political Correctness, Religious Conservatism, Religious Conservatives, Religious Right, Satire, Steve Allen, Steve Allen Show, The 1950s, United States
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Alison Martino: Mysteries and Scandals: Comedian Lenny Bruce-A Champion of Free Speech Who Was Ahead of His Time
Source: Alison Martino: Mysteries and Scandals: Comedian Lenny Bruce-A Champion of Free Speech Who Was Ahead of His Time Keep in mind that Lenny Bruce’s act came out in the 1950s and up until the early 1960s when we were … Continue reading
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