How to Talk Dirty and Influence People

Synopses & Reviews

Review:

Review:

Review:

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!

Average customer rating based on 1 comment:

lukas, February 12, 2007 (view all comments by lukas)
Lenny Bruce may not be widely know today, aside from as a "sick" comic, but he remains an influence on any comedian who tackles serious, taboo topics and generates controversy. Bruce went after some of the big ones-religion, sex, politics- and often used explicit language, which got him branded as obscene and let to multiple arrests and trials. This autobiography, published shortly before his untimely death in 1966, is one of the best introductions to this key cultural figure (he's on the cover of "Sgt. Pepper's); by turns, funny, insightful, tragic, and revealing. Few comics before or since have combinded such an idiosyncratic sense of humor with a genuine, piercing satiric view. "I am part of everything I indict."

Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(2 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)

report this comment

Product Details

ISBN:

9780671751081

Designed:

Bogosian, Eric

Author:

Bogosian, Eric

Author:

Bruce, Lenny

Publisher:

Touchstone Books

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Biography

Subject:

Form - Parodies

Subject:

Parodies

Subject:

Comedy

Subject:

Comedians

Subject:

Bruce, lenny, 1925-1966

Subject:

Comedians -- United States -- Biography.

Subject:

Parodies

Subject:

Bruce, Lenny

Subject:

HUMOR / Parodies

Copyright:

1992

Edition Number:

1st Fireside ed.

Edition Description:

B102

Series Volume:

program 7

Publication Date:

May 1992

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

208

Dimensions:

8.44 x 5.5 in 7.14 oz