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''Lenny'' is a 1974 film directed by Creator/BobFosse.
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''Lenny'' is a 1974 film directed by Creator/BobFosse.
Creator/BobFosse, [[TheFilmOfThePlay adapted]] by Julian Barry from his 1971 play of the same name.
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* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Valerie Perrine's first scene is at the strip club where Honey strips down to G-string and pasties. Later, Lenny is the emcee at a topless strip club.
* YourCheatingHeart: Honey correctly guesses "You made it with her, didn't you?", as the sexy nurse escorts her and Lenny out of the hospital after her recovery from a car accident. Later Lenny tells her he's had other affairs, and they both start cheating on each other near the end of their marriage.
* YourCheatingHeart: Honey correctly guesses "You made it with her, didn't you?", as the sexy nurse escorts her and Lenny out of the hospital after her recovery from a car accident. Later Lenny tells her he's had other affairs, and they both start cheating on each other near the end of their marriage.
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* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Valerie Perrine's first scene is at the strip club where Honey strips down to G-string and pasties. Later, Lenny is the emcee at a topless strip club.
* YourCheatingHeart: Honey correctly guesses "You made it with her, didn't you?", as the sexy nurse escorts her and Lenny out of the hospital after her recovery from a car accident. Later Lenny tells her he's had other affairs, and they both start cheating on each other near the end of their marriage.club.
* YourCheatingHeart: Honey correctly guesses "You made it with her, didn't you?", as the sexy nurse escorts her and Lenny out of the hospital after her recovery from a car accident. Later Lenny tells her he's had other affairs, and they both start cheating on each other near the end of their marriage.
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It is a biopic of legendary standup comedian Creator/LennyBruce. The film follows Bruce (Creator/DustinHoffman) from early in his standup career in 1951 through his death by opiate overdose in 1966. Bruce marries stripper Honey Harlow (Valerie Perrine) and they have a daughter, but their mutual issues lead to divorce. Meanwhile, Bruce starts out as an unexceptional hack comic, but after leaving celebrity impersonations behind he rises to superstardom as a social critic lampooning the hypocrisies of 1950s-60s America. His act draws the attention of MoralGuardians who start harassing him with obscenity charges, which only makes Bruce even more famous, but also negatively impact his career, reinforcing the paranoia and self-destructiveness that lead to his death.
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It is a biopic of legendary standup comedian Creator/LennyBruce. The film follows Bruce (Creator/DustinHoffman) from early in his standup career in 1951 through his death by opiate overdose in 1966. Bruce marries stripper Honey Harlow (Valerie Perrine) (Creator/ValeriePerrine) and they have a daughter, but their mutual issues lead to divorce. Meanwhile, Bruce starts out as an unexceptional hack comic, but after leaving celebrity impersonations behind he rises to superstardom as a social critic lampooning the hypocrisies of 1950s-60s America. His act draws the attention of MoralGuardians who start harassing him with obscenity charges, which only makes Bruce even more famous, but also negatively impact his career, reinforcing the paranoia and self-destructiveness that lead to his death.
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* AmicablyDivorced: Honey and Lenny get along together extraordinarily well for a divorced couple, doing drugs together. In RealLife they fought a custody battle over their daughter, but in the movie she seems to be OK with Lenny having taken custody of Kitty.
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* DownerEnding: Bruce's health and career both go into precipitous decline due to his drug use before he overdoses at the age of 40.
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* TheOner: The scene near the end where a drugged-out Lenny tries and fails to give a performance unfolds in a single unbroken 7-minute take.
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* ConversationCut: Bruce, challenging a judge in court, says "If you believe there is a God that made your body--", then there's a cut to him much later on a stage saying "--then why do you keep telling little children to cover up?"
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* BlahBlahBlah: There is a sequence in which Lenny (Creator/DustinHoffman) talks about oral sex[[note]]The previous scene was him getting busted for using the word ''cocksucking'' in a bit where he was addressing a controversy over gay schoolteachers.[[/note]] to an audience and even police officers. Due to the heavy censorship issues at the time, he told the audience that all profane words would be replaced by "blah-blah". He then continues:
--> "Excuse me sir, have you ever had your blah-blahed? Is that your girlfriend? Has she ever blahed your blah?"
** He then tells everyone that the show is over, apologizes for it and promises to be funny next time.
--> "Excuse me sir, have you ever had your blah-blahed? Is that your girlfriend? Has she ever blahed your blah?"
** He then tells everyone that the show is over, apologizes for it and promises to be funny next time.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Shot in black-and-white to give a 1950s vibe to the movie.
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''Lenny'' is a 1974 film directed by Creator/BobFosse.
It is a biopic of legendary standup comedian Creator/LennyBruce. The film follows Bruce (Creator/DustinHoffman) from early in his standup career in 1951 through his death by opiate overdose in 1966. Bruce marries stripper Honey Harlow (Valerie Perrine) and they have a daughter, but their mutual issues lead to divorce. Meanwhile, Bruce starts out as an unexceptional hack comic, but after leaving celebrity impersonations behind he rises to superstardom as a social critic lampooning the hypocrisies of 1950s-60s America. His act draws the attention of MoralGuardians who start harassing him with obscenity charges, which only makes Bruce even more famous, but also negatively impact his career, reinforcing the paranoia and self-destructiveness that lead to his death.
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* AnachronicOrder: The bulk of the narrative is a straighforward account of Bruce's comedy career, but it is also interspersed with interview segments from Honey and others who knew Bruce and who narrate his story. The film is also interspersed with bits from later in Bruce's standup career, ones that go with the narrative--the scene where Bruce picks up a sexy nurse at the hospital is introduced with a standup bit where Bruce talks about adultery.
* {{Biopic}}: Omits Bruce's youth, World War II service, and early showbiz career, starting with Bruce as the emcee at the club where Honey works as a stripper.
* CreatorCameo: Bob Fosse is the [[TheFaceless faceless]] interviewer who is asking questions of people close to Lenny, such as Honey, his mother, and his agent.
* {{Fanservice}}: Honey's extended stripper routine, other naked strippers, a sex scene between Honey and Lenny, Honey posing nude for Lenny as he arrives home.
* GilliganCut: A rather reserved Time Magazine reporter interviews Bruce in his dressing room, saying "I find you very interesting." This is followed by a cut to Bruce onstage, angrily ranting about the reporter who described him as a "sick comic" in a negative article.
* LensFlare: The first scene with Lenny Bruce has him artfully framed onstage against a spotlight as he gives a performance. Other instances of lens flares are seen in other scenes where Bruce is onstage.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Discussed in a Lenny Bruce routine where he says "We all want for a wife a combination of Sunday school teacher and $500 a night hooker." This leads to a scene where Lenny, who married Honey the hot stripper, is expressing discomfort with her stripping and pressuring her to stop.
* MatchCut: From the judge at Lenny's obscenity trial banging his gavel to the drummer at the nightclub tapping his cymbal with a drumstick.
* MononymousBiopicTitle: ''Lenny''
* MoralGuardians: The bane of Lenny Bruce's existence. They make him into a cause celebre by prosecuting him for saying curse words in his stage, but they also make it difficult for him to find work. Lenny's agent notes that towards the end of his career he wasn't even doing jokes or comedy bits, instead reading from court transcripts and ranting about his legal difficulties.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Cigar-chomping, obnoxious, very famous comedian Sherman Hart is Creator/MiltonBerle. The character's name was changed because Berle was still alive and producers were afraid he'd sue.
* NWordPrivileges: Forcefully asserted by Lenny Bruce in a scene where he asks "Are there any niggers in the audience tonight?" After also canvassing the audience for "kikes" and "spics" and the like, he observes that the forbidden nature of the words is what gives them the power to hurt.
* ShiksaGoddess: The very Jewish Lenny Bruce uses this exact phrase to describe non-Jewish Honey in a scene where she surprises him by striking a provocative nude pose as he enters his apartment.
* AThreesomeIsHot: Lenny strong-arms a reluctant Honey into having a threesome with another woman. Later, because he's a dick, he gets jealous and accuses her of enjoying it too much.
* {{Unishment}}: Lenny Bruce's opinion of anti-sodomy laws targeted at homosexuals.
--> '''Lenny''': They put them in prison, with a lot of other men.
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Valerie Perrine's first scene is at the strip club where Honey strips down to G-string and pasties. Later, Lenny is the emcee at a topless strip club.
* YourCheatingHeart: Honey correctly guesses "You made it with her, didn't you?", as the sexy nurse escorts her and Lenny out of the hospital after her recovery from a car accident. Later Lenny tells her he's had other affairs, and they both start cheating on each other near the end of their marriage.
It is a biopic of legendary standup comedian Creator/LennyBruce. The film follows Bruce (Creator/DustinHoffman) from early in his standup career in 1951 through his death by opiate overdose in 1966. Bruce marries stripper Honey Harlow (Valerie Perrine) and they have a daughter, but their mutual issues lead to divorce. Meanwhile, Bruce starts out as an unexceptional hack comic, but after leaving celebrity impersonations behind he rises to superstardom as a social critic lampooning the hypocrisies of 1950s-60s America. His act draws the attention of MoralGuardians who start harassing him with obscenity charges, which only makes Bruce even more famous, but also negatively impact his career, reinforcing the paranoia and self-destructiveness that lead to his death.
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* AnachronicOrder: The bulk of the narrative is a straighforward account of Bruce's comedy career, but it is also interspersed with interview segments from Honey and others who knew Bruce and who narrate his story. The film is also interspersed with bits from later in Bruce's standup career, ones that go with the narrative--the scene where Bruce picks up a sexy nurse at the hospital is introduced with a standup bit where Bruce talks about adultery.
* {{Biopic}}: Omits Bruce's youth, World War II service, and early showbiz career, starting with Bruce as the emcee at the club where Honey works as a stripper.
* CreatorCameo: Bob Fosse is the [[TheFaceless faceless]] interviewer who is asking questions of people close to Lenny, such as Honey, his mother, and his agent.
* {{Fanservice}}: Honey's extended stripper routine, other naked strippers, a sex scene between Honey and Lenny, Honey posing nude for Lenny as he arrives home.
* GilliganCut: A rather reserved Time Magazine reporter interviews Bruce in his dressing room, saying "I find you very interesting." This is followed by a cut to Bruce onstage, angrily ranting about the reporter who described him as a "sick comic" in a negative article.
* LensFlare: The first scene with Lenny Bruce has him artfully framed onstage against a spotlight as he gives a performance. Other instances of lens flares are seen in other scenes where Bruce is onstage.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Discussed in a Lenny Bruce routine where he says "We all want for a wife a combination of Sunday school teacher and $500 a night hooker." This leads to a scene where Lenny, who married Honey the hot stripper, is expressing discomfort with her stripping and pressuring her to stop.
* MatchCut: From the judge at Lenny's obscenity trial banging his gavel to the drummer at the nightclub tapping his cymbal with a drumstick.
* MononymousBiopicTitle: ''Lenny''
* MoralGuardians: The bane of Lenny Bruce's existence. They make him into a cause celebre by prosecuting him for saying curse words in his stage, but they also make it difficult for him to find work. Lenny's agent notes that towards the end of his career he wasn't even doing jokes or comedy bits, instead reading from court transcripts and ranting about his legal difficulties.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Cigar-chomping, obnoxious, very famous comedian Sherman Hart is Creator/MiltonBerle. The character's name was changed because Berle was still alive and producers were afraid he'd sue.
* NWordPrivileges: Forcefully asserted by Lenny Bruce in a scene where he asks "Are there any niggers in the audience tonight?" After also canvassing the audience for "kikes" and "spics" and the like, he observes that the forbidden nature of the words is what gives them the power to hurt.
* ShiksaGoddess: The very Jewish Lenny Bruce uses this exact phrase to describe non-Jewish Honey in a scene where she surprises him by striking a provocative nude pose as he enters his apartment.
* AThreesomeIsHot: Lenny strong-arms a reluctant Honey into having a threesome with another woman. Later, because he's a dick, he gets jealous and accuses her of enjoying it too much.
* {{Unishment}}: Lenny Bruce's opinion of anti-sodomy laws targeted at homosexuals.
--> '''Lenny''': They put them in prison, with a lot of other men.
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Valerie Perrine's first scene is at the strip club where Honey strips down to G-string and pasties. Later, Lenny is the emcee at a topless strip club.
* YourCheatingHeart: Honey correctly guesses "You made it with her, didn't you?", as the sexy nurse escorts her and Lenny out of the hospital after her recovery from a car accident. Later Lenny tells her he's had other affairs, and they both start cheating on each other near the end of their marriage.
