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Richard Pryor delivers monologues on race, sex, family and his favorite target—himself, live at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, California.
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
1979 Directed by Jeff Margolis
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"You ever had air LEAVE your body?"
Everything is human in the Richard Pryor universe - racist cops, police dogs, body parts, car motors, heart attacks, Death Itself - and it's this finely observed humanity that elevates his material to its own singular level (not that it needs to be elevated). Even during an unfortunate routine late in the movie about a Chinese guy with a stutter, the way he puts his whole face and body into the character, embodying him completely in a matter of seconds, betrays the real underlying truth that he saw a little bit of himself in everybody and everything.
The best part of this comes from an unexpected place, though, a bit about two guys quietly approaching a deer in the woods. This is among the best 2-person comedy routines I've ever seen, and both parts are played by Richard Pryor.
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The funniest stand-up routine I’ve ever seen. Richard Pryor was one of a kind, his go-broke tangents taking from the realities of various walks of life, digging into our inner-secrets to shine a light on how embarrassing they can be. As usual with stand-up films of this era, there are a few jokes that may prick up the ears of viewers watching in 2020, an unfortunately outdated bit on a stuttering Chinese waiter seeming extremely sketchy in the context of today, and yet with the physical commitment Pryor puts into the bit, it still registers as gold. The secret behind this segment’s ability to work, I think, is due to anything being fair game, a strikingly personal bit on heart attacks scouring…
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Jamedy: Comedy Through the Ages
Bonus - 1 stand-up routine - Richard Pryor: Live in Concert“That was some hell of a psychology right? To make someone go get a switch to beat their own ass with. My grandmother would say 'boy, go get me something to beat your ass with'. And that would be the longest walk in the world, Jack. And you knew you couldn't come back with no little one, either. Cause you come back with a little one, she goin' out there and get the tree and beat your ass with.”
It’s clear as day as to why many think this is considered the one of the greatest stand-up routines ever. Constantly moving from joke to…
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Did anyone else read that story Richard Pryor's widow told last week? Pryor and Marlon Brando were lovers back in the Seventies? I didn't see that one coming.
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Richard Pryor restages the human struggle for power, love, acceptance, and hope in 78 of the funniest minutes you will ever watch. It's gut-bustingly hilarious because the guy filming his performance refuses to cut—the star is Richard and his audience—and you see him develop his characters (a less morally-offensive "deer hunter," a black kid about to get his ass whooped by gramma, a woman cumming, a stuttering Chinese waiter, Leon Spinks) in real time. And Pryor is a natural at locking himself within characters; how he manages such a straight face, I will never be able to figure out.
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I needed some laughs now-thankfully the film delivered. Now, I had seen this (the first ever stand-up comic movie of its kind) long ago but it was long overdue for a second viewing. No details on why I’m feeling mopey now except that it involves someone I know; further details will only be elaborated upon if the worst case scenario happens. Somewhat to my surprise this concert movie is on Netflix, which is convenient for me.
Personally, it was a magical 78 minutes seeing one of the funniest comics of all time performing tremendous material in front of an amped-up crowd. Pryor discusses everything from his interaction w/ police (boy, does some of his comments about the cops targeting Black…
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This is Michael Jordan in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals. Meaning the greatest at his all-time greatest. If you still don't get it, this is the greatest Comedian ever in the greatest comedy concert film ever.
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"Shit. People get killed in plane wrecks and run over by busses and shit.
He died in your pussy!
That's called recyclin'."Richard Pryor in seiner Höchstform.
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Wanna get this monkey's dick outta my ear, Rich?
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Ain't this a bitch? I went and died and wound up in the wrong motherfuckin' heaven. Now I gotta listen to Lawrence Welk the rest of my days.
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♫ I'm Macho Man! ♫ I don't care if you come or not 'cause ♫ I'm Macho Man! ♫
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Such a humanizing, effusive, lovely stage presence.
When pragmatic compassion could be the moral of a standup set.
Invigorating.
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