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Synopsis: Looking for Lenny is an in-depth, controversial documentary that uses Lenny Bruce's legacy to explore the present condition of the fear of words and expression. It also tackles the issue of new limitations that the government and society are placing upon freedom of expression in the artistic and political discourse. It speaks directly to recent attempts by political figures to instill fear into American society by labeling, manipulating, and inflaming people's fear of the spoken word.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Elan Gale
Production: Gravitas
 
IMDB:
6.1
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
65 min
Website
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novelty house in Chicago,

he's got

a beautiful seller.

The genuine Jewish star,

lucky cross,

and cigarette lighter combined.

[Audience laughs]

Lenny Bruce took

stand-up comedy

in dimensions

it had not been taken

since, in a smaller way,

lord Buckley did.

He wasn't just

being dirty,

he was using words,

you know...

Pointing out

the hypocrisy of words.

Like the--

he goes, you know--

f***.

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought they

were talking to me, you dick.

[Laughs]

Homosexuality,

sexuality,

these things that conservative

America doesn't like to discuss

and definitely doesn't like

to discuss in detail

amongst even each other,

never mind bringing it out

in a public forum,

which Lenny was doing.

[Cymbal dings]

[Bruce]

two prepositions

"Two" is a preposition

"come" is a verb.

"Two" is a preposition.

"Come" is a verb.

"Two" is a preposition.

"Come" is a verb.

The verb intransitive.

To come.

To come.

I've heard these two words

my whole adult life,

and as a kid when I thought

I was sleeping.

To come, to come.

It's been like

a big drum solo.

Did you come?

Did you come, good?

[Drum beats, cymbal crashes]

Did you come good?

Did you come good?

[Audience laughs]

Did you come good?

[Drumbeats continue]

Did you come good?

[Drumming]

Did you come good?

Did you come good?

Did you come good?

...I come better

with you, sweetheart

than anyone in

the whole God damn world.

[Audience laughs]

I really came so good.

I really came so good,

'cause I love you.

[Singing]

I really came so good

I come better with you,

sweetheart

than anyone

in the whole world

I really came so good

so good

But don't come in me.

[Drum beats, audience laughs]

Don't come in me.

[Frantically]

Don't come in me

me-me-me

don't come in me

me-me-me,

don't come in me.

Don't come in me.

In me don't come...

In me in me.

[Cymbal crashes]

I can't come.

[Audience laughs]

'Cause you don't love me,

that's why I can't come.

I love ya, I just can't come,

that's my hang up.

I can't come

when I'm loaded, all right?

'Cause you don't love me.

Just what the hell

is the matter with you?

What has that

got to do with loving you?

I just can't come,

that's all.

[Audience laughs]

Now if anyone

in this room...

Finds those two

words decadent,

[Drum beats, cymbal dings]

Obscene,

[Cymbal dings]

Immoral, amoral,

asexual,

the words "to come"

really make you

feel uncomfortable,

you probably

can't come.

[Audience laughs]

And then you're

of no use,

'cause that's the purpose

of life.

To recreate it.

[Klein]

Lenny Bruce's political bent

and social consciousness

was not an accident.

It was a metamorphosis

of sorts.

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Elan Gale

Elan Gale (born October 27, 1983) is a television producer, best known for his work on the series The Bachelor. He has also produced The Bachelorette, Bachelor Pad, Bachelor in Paradise and High School Reunion. more…

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