Becoming Richard Pryor

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"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 Drawing upon a mountain of original research--interviews with family and friends, court transcripts, unpublished journals, screenplay drafts--Scott Saul traces Pryor's rough journey to the heights of fame: from his heartbreaking childhood, his trials in the Army, and his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.

subjects: Actors,  Comedians,  Biography,  African americans, biography,  Comedians, biography,  Comedians, united states,  African american motion picture actors and actresses,  Motion picture actors and actresses, united states,  New York Times reviewed,  African American actors,  African American entertainers,  Black Actors

People: Richard Pryor (1940-2005)

Places: United States