Comedians, traditionally afforded a wide latitude to make us laugh, faced the same foe on Twitter that Lenny Bruce faced at the Café Au Go Go.

Source: https://spectator.org/elon-musk-no-longer-bans-deadnaming-on-twitter-and-the-media-is-angry/

In a 2010 interview with AARP The Magazine, Mr. Belzer — who was a stand-up comic when he was not playing Munch — his television alter ego as “Lenny Bruce with a badge.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/19/arts/television/richard-belzer-dead.html

Lenny Bruce is sort of a comedy oracle on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, but the tease of his downfall is starting to follow the real-life figure's death.

Source: https://screenrant.com/how-did-lenny-bruce-die-drugs-marvelous-mrs-maisel/

Lenny Bruce (played by Luke Kirby) plays the real-life comedian by the same name, Sophie Lennon’s character has similarities to comedienne Phyllis Diller, and Alex Borstein’s character, Susie, was inspired by female talent agent Sue Mengers.

Source: https://screenrant.com/mrs-maisel-inspiration-real-life-joan-rivers/

Much like Lenny Bruce, another Marvelous Mrs. Maisel character based on a real person that used the star's real name was Carol Burnett.

Source: https://screenrant.com/every-marvelous-mrs-maisel-character-based-real-person/

When looking at how Lenny Bruce died in real life, there was no way that was ever going to happen in the series.

Source: https://screenrant.com/how-did-lenny-bruce-die-drugs-marvelous-mrs-maisel/