The Lenny Bruce Performance Film
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Movie Reviews of The Lenny Bruce Performance Film
Movie Review: Lenny's Last Concert
Summary: 3 Stars
I believe this was Lenny's last (or second last) concert. For die-hard fans only, although the cassette version has some great stuff on it! Also includes "Thank You Masked Man" cartoon, one of his best routines!The performance itself rambles a bit too much even for a fan like me. It focuses on Lenny's obsession with his own persecution and the legalities of what he does. Its good stuff but it will put most people off.
Movie Review: a vision of a genius past his prime
Summary: 3 Stars
While it is great to see Lenny Bruce at work in The Lenny Bruce Performance Film, it arouses deeply mixed feelings in the hearts of those who are familiar with his earlier work. The legal system had ruined him financially and his own bitterness was days away from finishing him as well. In the film we can see glimers of his earlier genius, presented for a small San Francisco club when years earlier he sold out a midnight show at Carnagie Hall (he had played to a packed house when there was a blizzard raging outside, no less). But this video is of interest to those getting to know Lenny because we get to hear his side of his legal problems first hand, and to older fans because we can see where he was right before his end. So check it out, but remember that he wasn't always that good. He used to be better.