Title:
The trials of Lenny Bruce : the fall and rise of an American icon / Ronald K.L. Collins & David M. Skover.
Author:
Collins, Ronald K. L.
Skover, David M., 1951-
Bruce, Lenny.
Publication Information:
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks MediaFusion, ©2002.
Call Number:
KF224.B78 C65 2002
Abstract:
Chronicles the courtroom battles Lenny Bruce engaged in in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where he was arrested for his provocative and controversial performances critiquing the hypocrisies of American society.
ISBN:
9781570719868
Physical Description:
x, 562 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
General Note:
"One-hour CD includes Lenny Bruce's notorious routines and excerpts from Lenny's never-before-released secret trial tapes"--CD jkt.
Contents:
Comedy as commentary -- The force of an opinion -- Free speech in North Beach -- L.A. story -- Chicago : the Ash Wednesday Trial -- What does it mean to be found obscene in New York? -- The courtroom of the absurd : New York, part II -- Court adjourned : New York, part III -- The path to vindication -- The resurrection of Lenny Bruce : 1996-1974 -- Ex officio judgments.
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