NEWS 409 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Seven Dirty Words, George Carlin
5 Feb 2019
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May 27, 1972, george carlin took to the stage for a show at the santa monica civic auditorium to record his class clown album, which was scheduled to come out in the fall. He was writing material that was going to upset some people. He didn"t think much of what kind of influence a seven-minute routine on those seven words would have at a culture at large. He was aware, however, that what he was going to say that night could put his career in jeopardy. A decade earlier, lenny bruce had been blacklisted for performing in us clubs because of his profanity laced routines. Bruce was an influence for carlin and was driven to destruction. Bruce was arrested on obscenity charges during a chicago show in 1962, accused of saying atleast the f word and tits. Carlin, who was at the show, was arrested too for refusing to show identification to the police.
