Lenny Bruce on prison homosexuality (specifically, the BOA)
“True magazine just came out with this vicious expose of the Birdman of Alcatraz. The book’s a hoax and the movie’s a joke. True tells you why. Are you ready for this? Reason number one. Dig: ‘The Birdman of Alcatraz is a self-confessed ho-mo-sex-u-al!’ Well isn’t that a kick in the ass? He’s been in the joint fifty-seven years! Look at all the cunt he coulda’ had, and he turns out to be a faggot! I don’t know about you, Jim, but if you put me on a desert island for three months without chicks, I’ll do it to mud! Here’s reason number two: ‘The Birdman of Alcatraz is a menace to the younger inmates.’ Oh, sure - like the ones sixty-three, sixty-five…”
And with that, I’ll send this thread off to Great Debates.
Nickrz
GQ Mod