Richard Pryor's 1977 Speech About Capitalism Leading to ... - Newsweek
2020年7月24日 · Clips of a 1977 interview that Pryor did with journalist Bill Boggs surfaced on social media on Friday, in which the comedian explained his thoughts on how capitalism and racism go hand-in-hand....
Richard Pryor Wasn’t Just a Brilliant Comedian - Jacobin
2021年8月11日 · Richard Pryor, who died in 2005, may be the greatest comedian the United States has ever produced. He transformed the medium, making it intensely personal and political, turning his caustic wit on racism, injustice, and himself.
The Night That Changed Richard Pryor's Comedy Forever | TIME
2022年6月29日 · His political and social transformation changed his comedy—and comedy itself—forever. By taking on topics like police brutality, racism, sexuality, slavery, and street culture, he brought an...
Richard Pryor's political views - RichardPryor.com Forums
2004年2月14日 · I'm looking for information about Mr. Pryor's political views, particularly about the war in Iraq, the war on terror, and the Vietnam War. If that isn't known or if he didn't have definitive attitudes about them, do you know if he considered himself a Democrat or Republican?
"Richard Pryor's stance was to always admit his imperfections. Bill ...
2015年1月19日 · Pryor represented a different strategy, which, to my mind, is more accepting and perhaps more profound and more workable as politics. That is to say, everybody is imperfect.
The Afro-Pessimist’s Paradox. An infamous Richard Pryor
2017年4月18日 · Forty years ago this fall, the late Richard Pryor took the stage at the Hollywood Bowl for a gay rights fundraiser and delivered what was perhaps the most incendiary monologue of a career that...
Richard Pryor: Stand-Up Philosopher - City Journal
2009年6月5日 · For unlike the shock-troop comedy that panders to a snickering audience, Richard Pryor’s work had authenticity, purpose, an odd dignity. His memorable representatives of both the black and white worlds, his acute social observations, his autobiographical self-parodies were timeless—and so were his strivings for racial pride.
On the Life and Times of Richard Pryor: An Interview with Scott …
2016年2月28日 · Saul: Richard Pryor took a kind of black working-class brilliance — one grounded in his experience with his family and neighborhood, but catalyzed by the political ferment of the Black Freedom Movement and the experimentation of the counterculture — and he brought it to the multitudes. This had far-reaching consequences, some of which are ...
Richard Pryor Taught Us Offensive Comedy Can Liberate - The …
2015年4月14日 · Richard Pryor was one of the greatest, most influential comedians of the past century, but also a man who took comedic offense about as far as it could go. Few, if any, comedians have been as...
Richard Pryor: Groundbreaking Genius of Comedy - History Tools
2005年12月10日 · Richard Pryor was a groundbreaking African American comedian and social critic who revolutionized stand up comedy with his honest, biting commentary on race, politics, and culture. Pryor‘s genuineness, vulnerability, and sharp observational storytelling style connected with audiences.