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Lenny Bruce - Wikipedia Nico 's 1967 album Chelsea Girl includes a track entitled "Eulogy to Lenny Bruce", a version of Hardin's "Lenny's Tune" with the lyrics slightly altered In it, she describes her sorrow and anger at Bruce's death
Lenny Bruce | The First Amendment Encyclopedia Stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce (1925–1966), a forerunner of comedians and shock jocks such as Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and Howard Stern, was arrested numerous times in the 1950s and 1960s due to the alleged obscene content of his nightclub routines
Bruce, Lenny - The Stewardship Report Lenny Bruce was a groundbreaking American comedian who challenged censorship and fought for free speech through controversial stand-up performances in the 1960s
Obscenity Case Files: People v. Bruce (The Lenny Bruce Trial) – Comic . . . In the decades since Lenny Bruce’s passing, First Amendment advocates have fought hard to combat those who would censor speech by applying vague “obscenity” standards and creating subjective definitions of “redeeming social importance” and “community standards ”
13 American Comics Who Faced Legal, Social, and Professional Censorship . . . Here are the 13 American comedians who battled the censors and shaped the nation’s conversation on humor and liberty 1 Lenny Bruce’s relentless fight against obscenity laws Lenny Bruce stands as the quintessential symbol of the battle between comedy and censorship in America
Why Do People Hate Lenny Bruce? - CelebHateLove Lenny Bruce helped expand free speech rights by fighting against obscenity laws that criminalized his onstage profanity and edgy social commentary While never exonerated in his lifetime, his legal battles raised awareness of issues around censorship and artistic expression
‘Lenny’ and Me - Jewish Journal One evening in 1962, a fresh-faced Sheriff’s deputy, Sherman Block, busted comic Lenny Bruce for obscenity The comic’s crime: Saying the word “schmuck ” The scene was The Troubadour, on Santa