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Portrait of Lenny
Series title:Close-UpHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):285658Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTOAccession:1982-0037Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Release date:1963-05-05Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:producer, John Kennedy; executive producer, Jim Guthro; photography, Robert Crone; editing, Ron Garant; Noel Dodds; host, Frank Willis; reporter, Nat HentoffDescription:Television public affairs program hosted by Frank Willis and featuring the night club comic Lenny Bruce. In a rare television interview with Nat Hentoff, Bruce exhibits some of the unpredictable and out-spoken characteristics which earned him notoriety as an entertainer. In the interview he gives an ad-lib discourse on religious history and other topics. Three critics pass judgement on Bruce: British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge, calls him a moralist and compares his form of satire to that of Jonathan Swift; Kenneth Tynan, formerly of the London Observer, sees Bruce as unrivaled by anyone on the London stage; and Gene Shepherd, New York radio broadcaster and writer, views Bruce as a potential danger to society and representative of a trend leading to totalitarianism. <30mn>Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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