Description |
x, 562 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
Note |
"One-hour CD includes Lenny Bruce's notorious routines and excerpts from Lenny's never-before-released secret trial tapes"--CD jkt. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-541) and index. |
Contents |
Comedy as commentary -- The force of an opinion -- Free speech in North Beach -- L.A. story -- Chicago : the Ash Wednesday Trial -- What does it mean to be found obscene in New York? -- The courtroom of the absurd : New York, part II -- Court adjourned : New York, part III -- The path to vindication -- The resurrection of Lenny Bruce : 1996-1974 -- Ex officio judgments. |
Subject |
Bruce, Lenny -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Bruce, Lenny. |
Genre/Form |
Trials, litigation, etc.
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Subject |
Trials (Obscenity) -- United States.
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Trials (Obscenity) |
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United States. |
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Freedom of speech -- United States.
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Freedom of speech. |
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Censorship -- United States.
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Censorship. |
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Censorship. |
Genre/Form |
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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Added Author |
Skover, David M., 1951-
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Bruce, Lenny.
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ISBN |
1570719861 |
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