The Kind Of Free Speech
Winter, 2019
Lenny Bruce transformed stand-up comedy into a vehicle for sharp social commentary— and paid the price for his boldnessThe first time comedian Lenny Bruce was booked on obscenity charges, it was for saying the word cocksucker onstage in San Francisco in 1961. The second time was in Los Angeles, and the words in question included schmuck and motherfucker. The next time: tits and balls in Chicago. And the final time, the one that ultimately turned the bohemian provocateur into a martyr to free spe...
