Looking for Lenny Page #7

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:
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Year:
2011
65 min
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my people are sensitive.

You know what I mean?

I made up a saying.

"Sticks and stones

"may break my bones,

"but words--

except for n*gger--

will never hurt me."

As long as it's funny,

then it's okay.

Timing's everything.

And funny's funny,

no matter how racial it is.

Sexual or relig--

if it's funny, it's funny.

You can go totally racist,

and say something

you should be arrested for,

but yet all of a sudden,

it's hilarious

when it comes out

of your mouth.

That's an art

in its own,

to see Lisa lampanelli

up on stage,

ranting and raving

about every race.

Now I got to do

a "hispangic" joke

to even things out.

What's your real name, sir?

[Inaudible]

John? Juan.

Quit fronting.

[Audience laughs]

How many "hispangics"

does it take to clean

a bathroom?

None.

That's a n*gger's job.

[Audience screams,

cheers]

My comedy, you know, I insult

everybody, you know.

Nobody is exempt,

it's equal opportunity.

But I know in my heart,

some people don't get it,

so I'm like "whatever."

But all I'm saying,

if you go to the n-word,

and you go to racial sh*t

right off the bat,

then there must be something

in there that made you do it.

Like when people

get drunk

and then they say,

"but I was drunk,"

it's like,

no, you called me a whore

when you were drunk

and you hit me in the clit

with a shovel when you--

you know, you must have that

in you.

What we've seen controversy

about in my opinion,

is bad jokes.

You see, to me, there's no

controversy

that Michael Richards

was screaming the word "n*gger."

That's not really

controversy to me.

The controversy is that

he didn't have a punch line.

We're in nuremberg

and they're trying people

for comedy crimes.

There was nothing loveable

about him

when he went off

on a racist rant onstage

at a comedy club

in Los Angeles

over the weekend.

I don't get it.

It amazes me

that people will still go

to something like that.

It was such a surprise

to find out

that Kramer

was a racist.

Like there was no signs

of it, there were no hints.

Like I started watching

old seinfelds

for just any sort

of clue, you know,

as if there would

be like a racist

Seinfeld episode.

As if there'd be an episode

that was like...

[Sings Seinfeld theme]

Hey, Jerry.

Hi, Kramer.

You know who just moved

into the building?

An n-word.

Oh, no, there's an n-word

in the building.

We can't have an n-word

in the building,

what are we going to do?

I don't know, Jerry.

I'm scared.

I was talking to mitzi shore

shortly after that.

And I said, "wow, I'm sure

you heard about what happened

to Michael Richards."

And she goes, "oh, yeah."

And I said, "well, he got banned

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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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