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Title:
Liberty on Trial in America: Cases That Defined Freedom. Episode 12, The Lenny Bruce Trials [digital video].
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Publication Date:
2020
2021
Publication Information:
The Great Courses, 2020.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
Today, Lenny Bruce is considered a trailblazer of American stand-up comedy addressing the now-common themes of politics, sex, and religion. But in the 1950s and '60s, he was considered an obscene subversive, and arrested numerous times. Explore the ways in which Bruce and the First Amendment affected each other. Today's authors, publishers, poets, and comedians owe a debt of gratitude to Bruce.
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Film
In Process Record.
Performers:
Doug Linder
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Genre:
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English
Electronic Access:
Access immediately on Kanopy
