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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
A great story-teller telling a great story, 12 Mar 1997
By A Customer
This is the best way to get to know Lenny Bruce -- Lenny in his own words. Yes, Lenny Bruce broke down social barriers and is the father of modern comedy. You've probably already heard that his struggles with the law bankrupt him and eventually left him dead -- that story is here too. But the main thing you take away from this book is HOW Bruce earned his reputation as a ground-breaker -- he got there by being funny.
Its Lenny's storytelling that keeps you captivated and laughing -- the controversy around him is just material for some of those stories. Lenny tells great stories, and while this book is a David vs Goliath story, it is also a rags to riches story, a legal thriller, a behind-the-scenes of showbiz story, a love story, and much more.
This autobiography is a great place to get to know Lenny Bruce. Its easier to digest than his often hard-to-find recordings and its really funny. Funny. That's all you really need to know before you pick up this book.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Absolutly hilarious look into the origins of social satire, 20 April 1999
By A Customer
Lenny Bruce chronicles his life and metamorphisis from a jewish kid in new york to the premiere forefather of sarcastic social satire.From douche demonstrations to strip joints to marrying a stripper,jazz,drugs, and a wise-guys outlook on life, its ALL here. YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!!!!!
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Comic babble-on, 7 April 1999
By A Customer
After a strong, and ghost-written, opening, the book degenerates into Bruce's own ramblings. Fact is, stream of consciousness really only works if one IS conscious, and all the drugs Bruce was on -- purely therapeutic, he explains -- blew his mind out well before he sat down to write. And, come on, anyone who thinks Steve Allen was hip clearly has to be brain-addled.
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