The Life Of Richard Pryor
Who was Richard Pryor, some people might ask? Well he is an African American Actor/ Comedian. One of his most famous quotes is ‘If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.
Richard Pryor is known for his colorful language during his live comedy shows , and he is highly influential , and always controversial towards African Americans. He has also been acknowledged by many modern comics.
First, Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand up comedian, social- critic and actor He is currently listed at Number 1 on comedy central’s list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. born on December 1, 1940 in Peoria, Illinois, Pryor grew up in his grandmother's brothel, where his mother, Gertrude L. (Thomas), practiced prostitution.( His father, Le Roy "Buck Carter" Pryor (June 7, 1915 – September 27, 1968), was a former boxer and hustler.( After his alcohol abused mother …show more content…
Actress-Director Rain Pryor talks about her father Richard Pryor's comedic influences including Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Gleason and Bill Cosby and the comedians who have been inspired by him like Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock and Steve Harvey. That’s his influence: together with Lenny Bruce, he is a god of standup as truth- telling, and with the consequences. For Richard Pryor, that meant total, transgressive-ness about racism, sexual abuse and pain: subjects on which, as a black American raised in a brothel by a violent father, he was well qualified to speak. It also meant using his own voice, the jive-talk of black urban America. It had its own musicality – it’s no coincidence that his performances get compared to jazz, not that his frequent samples in hip-hop – but also the brand of bluntness that reveals how mealy-mouthed the rest of us are by
Who was Richard Pryor, some people might ask? Well he is an African American Actor/ Comedian. One of his most famous quotes is ‘If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.
Richard Pryor is known for his colorful language during his live comedy shows , and he is highly influential , and always controversial towards African Americans. He has also been acknowledged by many modern comics.
First, Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand up comedian, social- critic and actor He is currently listed at Number 1 on comedy central’s list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. born on December 1, 1940 in Peoria, Illinois, Pryor grew up in his grandmother's brothel, where his mother, Gertrude L. (Thomas), practiced prostitution.( His father, Le Roy "Buck Carter" Pryor (June 7, 1915 – September 27, 1968), was a former boxer and hustler.( After his alcohol abused mother …show more content…
Actress-Director Rain Pryor talks about her father Richard Pryor's comedic influences including Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Gleason and Bill Cosby and the comedians who have been inspired by him like Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock and Steve Harvey. That’s his influence: together with Lenny Bruce, he is a god of standup as truth- telling, and with the consequences. For Richard Pryor, that meant total, transgressive-ness about racism, sexual abuse and pain: subjects on which, as a black American raised in a brothel by a violent father, he was well qualified to speak. It also meant using his own voice, the jive-talk of black urban America. It had its own musicality – it’s no coincidence that his performances get compared to jazz, not that his frequent samples in hip-hop – but also the brand of bluntness that reveals how mealy-mouthed the rest of us are by