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DESCRIPTION:Richard Pryor may have been the most unlikely star in Hollywood history. 
 Raised in his family’s brothels, in Peoria, Illinois, by a grandmother 
 who often threatened to kick him upstairs with her size-twelve shoes, he 
 always considered himself a bottom dog. He took to the stage originally to 
 escape the tough realities of his childhood but later discovered he could 
 alchemize his stand-up by delving fully, even painfully, into the 
 “off-color” life he’d known. He brought that vitality to a movie 
 career whose best moments—Blazing Saddles, Blue Collar, the buddy 
 comedies with Gene Wilder—flowed directly out of his spirit of creative 
 improvisation. The major studios considered him dangerous. Audiences felt 
 plugged directly into the socket of life.\n\n\nBuilt on groundbreaking 
 research, Becoming Richard Pryor brings into sharp focus the man and his 
 genius as never before. From his heartbreaking childhood, his trials in the 
 army, and his improv days in Greenwich Village to his soul-searching 
 interlude in Berkeley and his rise in the “New Hollywood” of the 1970s, 
 Becoming Richard Pryor sheds light on an entertainer who, by uniting the 
 spirits of the Black Power movement and the counterculture, forever altered 
 the cultural DNA of America.\n\n“Becoming Richard Pryor takes you on a 
 wild, tumultuous ride. Scott Saul’s superb storytelling is a perfect 
 match for his subject--he keeps you mesmerized, laughing, crying, stunned, 
 hungry, and above all, surprised.” — Robin D. G. Kelley, author of 
 Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American 
 Original\n\n\n“Becoming Richard Pryor is a book that breaks new 
 ground...Saul details the amazing way that Richard found his way out of the 
 life for which he seemed destined and into the world of the performing 
 arts.” — New York Times Book Review\n\nSaul is a Professor of English 
 at UC, Berkeley and the author of Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the 
 Making of the 60's.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/12/18780929.php
SUMMARY:Becoming Richard Pryor - author Scott Saul discusses his biography of the great comedian
LOCATION:2444 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/12/18780929.php
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