In the movie/documentary "Lenny" about the rise and spectacular fall of the famous 1960s comedian/commentator, there is a scene in which Bruce spends an entire routine reading from and ranting about the transcript of this then-ongoing obscenity trial. He's strung-out, he's too angry to be very funny, and his audience, while sympathetic to his plight, is bewildered by all the inside baseball and ultimately alienated This article feels a little like that scene.