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Title: The essential Lenny Bruce by Lenny Bruce ISBN: 0-586-03998-8 Publisher: Panther Pub. Date: 1975 Format: Unknown Binding |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Pass The Chutzpah
Comment: Some of the stuff in here is very, very funny and thought-provoking but, as is the case with much comedy, the real element of greatness is in the delivery, in the actual performing of the thing. It's swell for students of the man, for those already acquainted with him and his work, but definitely not a place to start. Unless you read it out loud. Like a genius.
Rating: 5
Summary: Why is this book out of print (is it Govenment Conspiracy?)
Comment: When Lenny Bruce performed he didn't "do jokes," rather he talked to the audience; much of his "material" each night was ad libbed, often in response to items in that day's paper which he carried onto the stage with him. Thus, although he developed a number of "bits" they were seldom performed the same way twice. And during each evening's show Lenny would discuss a number of topics. This book consists of transcriptions of some of his sets, cut up and re-grouped by topic, thus creating chapters on topics such as black-white relations, The Church, obscenity and obscenity laws, etc.. The result is that quite a bit of the humor is lost, as excerpts from one night's set do not necessarily flow smoothly into excerpts from another night. But the overall effect is powerful: Bruce's humor ranges from scathing (as in his 1960's "Typical White Person's Idea of How to Relax Your Colored Friends at Parties") to psychologically insightful (as in his - refreshing in this era of PCspeak - explanation of why everyone should use all the racial epithets as part of their daily vocabulary - so that they become just ordinary words and eventually 'won't have the power to hurt a six-year old kid on his way home from school.') Paul Simon sang "I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce ...". So did I.
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Title: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown ISBN: 0671027360 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ISBN: 0385504209 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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