I truly think this is the best portrait of Richard Pryor. Are you into Dave Chapelle, better start watching Richard Pryor first, because Dave Chapelle thinks Richard Pryor is without any question the best comedian that has ever lived.
What's sad about Richard Pryor is that his upbringing in a brothel was the source of pain from which he drew his jokes. His mamma got f90ked on a daily basis by white men. THAT should give you some idea where his jokes about white folks originated from.
"Nothing was too sad, some humor couldnt be found in it".
I got to know Richard Pryor from his block buster movies like "Silver Streak", like most people did, but the incrowd of comedians came to know of Richard Pryor through his stand up comedies that were too provocative and insulting to be aired on television. Nonetheless his longplay records (remember those?) of his live stand up performances topped the number 1 spot at the black music charts back in the sixties.
WHAT he said and HOW he said it and with the POWER he said it, has been unmatched ever since.
I highly recommend you for whomever is reading this review to google some of Richard Pryor's appearances at Johnny Carson. Youtube has tons of it available and it showed me what an extraordinary person Richard Pryor was. He was the real deal. Hurted, scared, unable to maintain any relationship, but making a career out of his pain by making jokes about it that the masses loved.
I truly think he was the best African American comedian that has ever walked this earth. I highly recommend this wonderful portrait of him, with an excellent biography of his entire life.
