Do you remember Lenny Bruce? [View all]

[undeterred]

I watched the movie Lenny last night about the comedian Lenny Bruce - with an amazing performance by Dustin Hoffman. Bruce died in 1966, and frankly all I've ever heard about him was that he was a foul mouthed comedian.

I was reading about him while I was watching and was interested to see how he publically raised so many issues regarding freedom of speech and the concept of "obscenity".

"He paved the way for future outspoken comedians, and he paved the way for freedom of speech. His trial for obscenity for saying the word "cocksucker", in which – after being forced into bankruptcy – he was eventually found not guilty is seen as landmark trial for freedom of speech..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Bruce