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Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Richard Pryor : the life and legacy of a "crazy" Black man / edited by Audrey Thomas McCluskey.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.
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Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005 -- Criticism and interpretation.
ISBN:
9780253352026 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253352029 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253220110 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253220114 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description:
viii, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Richard Pryor: comic genius, tortured soul / Audrey Thomas McCluskey -- "That nigger's crazy": Richard Pryor, racial performativity, cultural critique / Keith M. Harris -- The crisis of black masculinity in Jo Jo Dancer: Your Life is Calling / Margo Natalie Crawford -- Was it something he said? censorship and the Richard Pryor television show, 1977 / Audrey Thomas McCluskey -- Richard Pryor and the poetics of cursing / Kate E. Brown -- Br'er Richard: fascinatin' storyteller / Maxine A. LeGall -- "...And it's deep too": the philosophical comedy of Richard Pryor / Malik D. McCluskey -- When keeping it real goes wrong: Pryor, Chapelle, and the comedic politics of the post-soul / Tyrone R. Simpson -- Jump Street! From Richard Pryor: The Man Behind the Laughter (1981) / Joseph Nazel -- The politics of being black, from If I Stop I'll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor (1991) / John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams -- "He wasn't afraid to get naked in front of people": Michael Schultz remembers Richard Pryor / Audrey Thomas McCluskey -- Time warp movies: a review of Superman III (1985) / Pauline Kael -- Richard Pryor live on the Sunset Strip (1994) / Pauline Kael -- Richard Pryor: the real Slim Shady (2001) / Rob Sheffield -- The new comic style of Richard Pryor (1975) / James Alan McPherson -- Jive times: Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin, and the theatre of the routine (1974) / David Felton -- Richard and me (1994) / Nelson George -- Hill street bullshit, Richard Pryor routines, and the Real Deal (1997) / Bob Avakian -- Now's the time: the Richard Pryor phenomenon and the triumph of black culture (1998) / Siva Vaidhyanathan -- A Pryor love: the life and times of America's comic prophet of race (1999) / Hilton Als -- Conclusion: we owe a debt to Richard Pryor / Audrey Thomas McCluskey
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Hawaii State Library
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792.76028 Pryor Ri
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792.7028 PRYOR Ri
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