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  2. Richard Pryor - Wikipedia

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    Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most important stand-up comedians of all time.

  3. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling - Wikipedia

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    Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 American biographical [3] comedy-drama film directed, produced by and starring Richard Pryor, who also wrote the screenplay with Paul Mooney and Rocco Urbisci.

  4. List of Saturday Night Live incidents - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] Pryor, as the first person of color to host the show, found the delay to be an insult (only finding out after the broadcast), and objected to being treated differently to other (White) comedians. [2] Dave Wilson, SNL's long-time director, later said that the show was in fact broadcast live, as his crew did not know how to work the delay.

  5. Mike Epps says he was using cocaine when filming movies ... - AOL

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    The Indianapolis comedian and actor discussed his past drug use, the state of comedy and why he hasn't starred in a Richard Pryor biopic. Mike Epps says he was using cocaine when filming movies ...

  6. Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (film) - Wikipedia

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    Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip has received mixed reviews.Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 40% based on reviews from five critics. [4]Writing in Commentary, conservative reviewer Richard Grenier saw Pryor's performance as embodying, and as forcing White audiences to accept and respect, an urban type that was more authentic than that exemplified by other Black comedians:

  7. All comedy is Black: How Richard Pryor killed the white ... - AOL

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    The post All comedy is Black: How Richard Pryor killed the white comedian appeared first on TheGrio. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...

  8. Bustin' Loose (film) - Wikipedia

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    Bustin' Loose is a 1981 American road comedy-drama film starring Richard Pryor and Cicely Tyson. It was directed by Oz Scott and Michael Schultz (uncredited) and written by Pryor (story), Lonne Elder III (adaptation), and Roger L. Simon (screenplay). [2] Along with starring Pryor and Tyson, [3] the film also features Robert Christian [2] [4 ...

  9. Richard Pryor's widow explains why his comedy still matters ...

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    Jennifer Lee Pryor — who was married to Pryor from 1981 to 1982, and remarried him in 2001 — was closely involved in curating Time Life's box set, and remembers being struck by how his vintage ...