Academics and fans of Lenny Bruce gathered in Waltham, Mass., last week to let out some analytical laughs and celebrate the legedary comedian
Lenny Bruce’s ‘obscene’ routines inspired Carlin whose views on the politics of language remain influential
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The new TV show, starring two young Jewish women, may be as culturally significant as Lenny Bruce or Joey Ramone
Kevin Dutton’s new best-seller rehashes Norman Mailer’s ideas on deviance, but it leaves out Jewish men
The comic’s political videos are actually the worst representation of the president’s subtlety and values
The genius of Steely Dan talks blacks, Jews, and Lenny Bruce—and his new record, Sunken Condos
Acknowledging the comic’s gift to Zappa, Mailer, Roth, and the other macho titans of eccentric 1960s pop
In his Arab-despot farce, Sacha Baron Cohen tries too hard to get under the skin of Arabs, Jews, and Americans
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How comedians of the 1960s and ’70s revolutionized stand-up