In the 1960s, when many black performers were gently trying to pry open the color barrier, comedian Richard Pryor was slamming into it with a vengeance. Employing the language & attitude of the black ghetto, he assaulted racism in outrageous & screamingly funny comic routines...
Though it is hard to imagine what America will be like now that Richard Pryor has passed away, it would be harder to imagine life if there had never been a Pryor, teaching us to laugh, and by laughing, to see. In the 1960s, when many black performers were trying to open the color...