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[Scott Saul] ↠ Becoming Richard Pryor ☆ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Becoming Richard Pryor √ A Tragic Life from Sad Beginnings Bassocantor BECOMING RICHARD PRYOR is an extensive, well-researched look at the life of Richard Pryor. In fact, the author notes that he actually interviewed hundreds of people for this book. Much of the narrative involves Richard's grandmother Marie, who actually was part of the prostitution family business, which influenced much of Pryor's early childhood: "She may have been a madam but she was also a mother who took care of her family, and a church go
| Title | : | Becoming Richard Pryor |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.20 (726 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062123300 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
Raised in his family’s brothels, he grew up an outsider to privilege. He took to the stage, originally, to escape the hard-bitten realities of his childhood, but later came to a reverberating discovery: that by plunging into the depths of his experience, he could make stand-up comedy as exhilarating and harrowing as the life he’d known. A major biography—intimate, gripping, revelatory—of an artist who revolutionized American comedy.Richard Pryor may have been the most unlikely star in Hollywood history. He brought that trembling vitality to Hollywood, where h
An Best Book of the Month, December 2014: In Becoming Richard Pryor, author Scott Saul quotes Pryor as saying, “It’s so much easier for me to talk about my life in front of two thousand people than it is one-on-one.” But on stage we only get part of the picture—and it’s in reading Saul’s well-researched and comprehensive biography that one begins to realize exactly what went into creating arguably the greatest comedian ever. It certainly wasn’t pretty; but it’s spellbinding at times. Particularly effective is Saul’s effort to get into Pryor’s head, which rings with authenticity and truth. – Chris Schluep. Starting with his fam
√ A Tragic Life from Sad Beginnings Bassocantor BECOMING RICHARD PRYOR is an extensive, well-researched look at the life of Richard Pryor. In fact, the author notes that he actually interviewed hundreds of people for this book. Much of the narrative involves Richard's grandmother Marie, who actually was part of the prostitution family business, which influenced much of Pryor's early childhood: "She may have been a madam but she was also a mother who took care of her family, and a church going woman."I found BECOMING RICHARD PRYOR a very sad read. It is difficult for me to even imagine the disastro. Three Stars Clarence Phoenix So-so. "In examining three decades of Pryor's life, Saul characterizes a man who is wide-eyed and world-weary." according to Bookreporter. "I ain't funny. I'm a serious mother."Richard Pryor, the pioneering African-American comedian, actor, writer and filmmaker, was born in Peoria, Illinois, and primarily raised by his father Buck, a former boxer who "radiated a hustler's tough confidence" and grandmother Marie, a tall, aggressive and enterprising woman who ran a brothel --- each possessing an extraordinary gift for instilling fear.As a madam, Marie's motto was "Don't mess with my money," and she enforced house rules with a pistol strapped to her leg. Although she was old-school strict
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