Bibliograph

Type

Label

Becoming Richard Pryor, Scott Saul

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Becoming Richard Pryor

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

869267234

Responsibility statement

Scott Saul

Summary

"Brings the man and his comic genius into focus as never before. Drawing upon a mountain of original research--interviews with family and friends, court transcripts, unpublished journals, screenplay drafts--Scott Saul traces Pryor's rough journey to the heights of fame: from his heartbreaking childhood, his trials in the Army, and his apprentice days in Greenwich Village to his soul-searching interlude in Berkeley and his ascent in the New Hollywood of the 1970s"--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Author's note -- Prologue -- Part 1: Up From Peoria: -- Dangerous elements -- Backside of life -- Law of the lash -- Glow, glow worm, glow -- Boot -- Measure of a man -- Part 2: Man Of A Thousand Rubber Faces: -- In search of openness -- Mr Congeniality -- Irregular regular -- Person in question -- Part 3: In The House Of Pain: -- King is dead -- Black sun rising -- Irreconcilable differences -- I'm a serious mother -- Part 4: King Of The Scene Stealers: -- More I talk, the less I die -- Black goes first -- Be glad when it's spring, flower -- Number one with a bullet -- Part 5: Funniest Man On The Planet: -- Every nigger is a star -- Hustling -- Man of parts -- Giving up absolutely nothing -- Can I speak to god right away? -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

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Richard Pryor

Creator