Lenny Bruce's story "Pills and Shit: The Drug Scene" was interesting to say the least. At time it was hard to follow because he seemed to jump around and ramble a lot of the time. It wouldn't surprise if he wrote this story while on some kind of drug. Actually, I would be kind of shocked if he was sober while he wrote this.
Overall I found it interesting that he did not smoke marijuana at all. For someone living in that time period, marijuana was a big drug that everyone did, and to read that he didn't smoke pot was surprising to me. Even though the drugs he did were worse than pot, in a way I suppose I can understand why he chose not to smoke marijuana.
I enjoyed his rambles of the "wise guy" and "old Jew" I lived in Brooklyn, NY for fourteen years and I have definitely see that type of "Old Jew" in those kinds of shops. It made me laugh a little bit.
In the end, I found Bruce's story of his drug "issues" and thoughts on drugs to be powerful and very realistic. I found the way he died to be sad, in a way ironic, and somewhat righteous.
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