Lewis Black
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xviii, 188 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
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 havebeen 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,...