TY - BOOK AB - "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 Drawing upon a mountain of original research--interviews with family and friends, court transcripts, unpublished journals, screenplay drafts--Scott Saul traces Pryor's rough journey to the heights of fame: from his heartbreaking childhood, his trials in the Army, and his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. AU - Saul, Scott, CN - PN2287.P77 CN - PN2287.P77 ET - First Harper Perennial edition. ID - 737727 KW - African American actors KW - Comedians KW - Actors KW - African American motion picture actors and actresses KW - African American entertainers KW - Actors, Black N2 - "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 Drawing upon a mountain of original research--interviews with family and friends, court transcripts, unpublished journals, screenplay drafts--Scott Saul traces Pryor's rough journey to the heights of fame: from his heartbreaking childhood, his trials in the Army, and his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. SN - 9780062123329 SN - 0062123327 T1 - Becoming Richard Pryor / TI - Becoming Richard Pryor / ER -