Comedy and the Constitution: The Legacy of Lenny Bruce
Day One: October 17, 2016
Session 1: Ancestors and Descendants
Alexander Wohl, author, “Father, Son and Constitution — How
Justice Tom Clark and Attorney General Ramsey Clark Shaped American Democracy.”
Paper title: “Not Your Mother’s Borscht: Lenny Bruce and the
Yiddishization of American Comedy”;
Mark Cohen, author,
“Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman.” Paper title: “‘Uniting
Coney Island With the Aegean’: Lenny Bruce and the Jewish Hunger for Complete
Expression”;
Barbara Gottfried, instructor
and codirector, undergraduate studies in the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality
Studies program, Boston University. Paper title: “The Feminist Legacy of
Lenny Bruce”;
Steve Krief, editor, L’Arche
(Paris). Paper title: “Lenny Bruce’s Influence in Charlie Hebdo’s
Country”;
Moderated by Lawrence E. Mintz, professor emeritus of American Studies, University of Maryland
