Becoming Richard Pryor / Scott Saul.
Saul, Scott, author.
2015
PN2287.P77 S38 2015 (Mapit)
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Title Becoming Richard Pryor / Scott Saul.
Author Saul, Scott, author.
Edition First Harper Perennial edition.
ISBN 9780062123329 (paperback)
0062123327 (paperback)
Published New York, New York : Harper Perennial, 2015.
Copyright ©2014
Language English
Description xvi, 586 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Call Number PN2287.P77 S38 2015
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 Drawing upon a mountain of original research--interviews with family and friends, court transcripts, unpublished journals, screenplay drafts--Scott Saul traces Pryor's rough journey to the heights of fame: from his heartbreaking childhood, his trials in the Army, and his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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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