Richard Pryor: The Progenitor of Stand Up Comedy

Pryor was the progenitor of theatrically released stand up comedy. The audience is such an active participant in all three of those films. He's not like any other comedian who was starved for love, you know, traumatized and then becomes a self destructive individual.

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