Lenny Bruce vs. Lenny Bruce: The Real and the Imagined
There are two Lenny Bruces: 1. the real-life subject of thoughtful documentaries and biographies, and 2. the TV/movie hip mentor and accidental deity.
Peter Biegen
I am a writer and essayist living in New York City. I've worked as a screenwriter for the past twenty years, primarily in Los Angeles. Feature projects include THE LAST LULLABY (with Max Allan Collins), FOUR EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN (Lifetime Television), CEREMONIES OF THE HORSEMEN (short, permanent collection, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem) THE MIST (Stephen King adaptation, TV series). Presently, I am the creator of SMALL CHANGE (ABC Signature, development). I am a Sundance Lab Fellow (2014) and Strategic Communications Advisor for The Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration.