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...production works-as it does, for the most part, brilliantly-is the result of the triangulated talent: the real Lenny Bruce's savage eloquence, the dynamism of Actor Cliff Gorman in the title role, the high theatrical imagination of Director Tom O'Horgan. The script by Julian Barry draws largely from Bruce's original material...
...civil rights movement of the '60s drew many of its leaders from this black middle class, including Martin Luther King Jr. and Julian Bond. Theirs was a generation that profoundly changed the attitudes of the nation, and those who remain in the neighborhoods they left are enjoying the fruits of that change. New jobs opened up for educated blacks, and their affluence is reflected in spacious homes, manicured lawns, swimming pools and two-car garages. Often scorned by militant blacks, the affluent middle class walks a line between memory of the old and pride over its success with...
...Lenny uses Bruce, played by Cliff Gorman, as a symbol to illustrate how America silences her rebels. Abetted by elaborate theatrical masques and imaginative staging, Lenny attempts to be a frenzied morality play, acting out Bruce's wildest fantasies and using his own words. Says Playwright Julian Barry, who played in a band that accompanied Lenny in the '50s: "To me the whole play is like Lenny's day in court." Adds O'Horgan: "I want to tell people something about this guy who kept trying to tell the truth. Some of the words...
...Former Army Intelligence Agent Ralph M. Stein said that the Army had collected personal data on a wide number of notable Americans, including the late Martin Luther King, the late Whitney Young, Singers Joan Baez and Arlo Guthrie, Georgia State Representative Julian Bond, Dr. Benjamin Spock, the Rev. William Sloane Coffin and the Rev. Jesse Jackson...
...chump," "impostor," "amateur" and "tramp," Frazier mutters something about "childishness" and goes on his way. Joe is proud of his rough skills and his success, proud of being a poor black who made good. "I ain't no Tom," he growls. It nettles him slightly that black celebrities?from Julian Bond to Bill Cosby to Coretta King?flock to Ali's corner. But Frazier also notes: "One thing's for damn sure: they aren't going to get in the ring with...