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Slurring Towards Bethlehem: Ronnie Marmo Brings Lenny Bruce's Foul-Mouthed Fury to Life by Brian Marks

By Brian Marks If there's one thing that Ronnie Marmo doesn't do in his one-man show, I'm Not a Comedian … I'm Lenny Bruce, it's hold back. Early in the performance he launches into one of Bruce's most famous (and controversial) bits, one that's nearly as shocking now as it would have been in the 1950s thanks to his liberal peppering of racial slurs. But the tirade is actually an anti-racist sentiment, one that ch…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 09:52PM on March 7, 2018

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