Richard Pryor is tagged as: comedy, stand-up, stand up comedy, funny, stand up Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. Pryor was a storyteller known for unflinching examinations of racism and customs in modern life, and was well-known for his frequent use of colorful language, vulgarities, and racial epithets as “nigga”, “honky,” “cracker,” and “motherfucker.” He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations, although public opinion of his act was often divided. He is commonly regarded as the most important stand up comedian of his time: Jerry Seinfeld called Pryor “The Picasso of our profession”;[1] Whoopi Goldberg cited him as her biggest influence, stating “The major influence was Richard - I want to say those things he’s saying.” His body of work includes such concert movies and recordings as Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin’ (1971), That Nigger’s Crazy (1974), …Is It Something I Said? (1975), Bicentennial Nigger (1976), Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979), Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) and Richard Pryor: Here and Now. He also starred in numerous films as an actor, usually in comedies such as Silver Streak, but occasionally in dramatic rol... Read More About Richard Pryor Biography...  Send Richard Pryor ringtones to your cell
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