Name: How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
ISBN: 9780671751081

Lenny Bruce

Castigated in his time for breaching such American conversational taboos as religion, sex, censorship, and racism, Lenny Bruce proved to be a pioneer in exposing hypocrisies, the impact of which still echoes on both sides of censorship controversies. This book and soon-to-be-released private tapes are sure to bring the extent of Bruce's influence into sharp focus. Photo insert.

How to Talk Dirty and Influence People

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 and widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, ÒSo many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed the world of comedy.Ó He died in 1966 at the age of 40, his influence on the worlds of comedy, jazz, and satire incalculable, and How to Talk Dirty and Influence People--now republished to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Lenny Bruce's death--remains a brilliant existential account of his life and the forces that made him the most important and controversial entertainer in history.

An Autobiography

Silvia Morgantini

I will never not be bitter about how the government treated Lenny Bruce, we truly lost a unique voice when he died. This book is funny, sad, outrageous... honestly the most interesting one I've read this year.

How to Talk Dirty and Influence People

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