How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
An Autobiography
$28.98
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
2 August 2016
Summary
During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed the world of comedy.“Although Bruce died when he was only forty, his influence on the worlds of comedy, jazz, and satire are incalculable. How to Tal…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780306825293 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0306825295 |
| Author: | Lenny Bruce, Lewis Black, Howard Reich |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books |
| Imprint: | Da Capo Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2016 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 138mm x 17mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Praise for How to Talk Dirty and Influence People “I read this book for the first time when I was twelve years old. It made me want to be in showbiz, have a lot of sex, and be Jewish. I’ve rethought that last one.”–Penn Jillette, author of God No! “If there was a God, then he sent down Lenny Bruce to create the art form of modern stand-up comedy. He sought the truth fearlessly and hilariously until his tragically muffled First Amendment rights surely enabled his dying for our sins.”–Richard Lewis, author of The Other Great Depression Playboy, 8/3/16 “Outside every American comedy club there ought to be a statue of Lenny Bruce–the type of big bronze statue that commemorates and immortalizes heroes…Bringing Bruce’s ideas and stories to a new generation might just be the next best thing to erecting those bronze statues.” Spectrum Culture, 10/11/16 “Sheds light on the mind behind some of the most controversial comedy routines of the mid-20th century.”
About The Author
Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce (1925-1966) was a stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter. His 1964 trial for obscenity (and posthumous pardon) is seen as a landmark for freedom of speech in the United States.
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