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Becoming Richard Pryor

Raised by an abusive grandmother in his family’s brothels, Richard Pryor may have been the most unlikely star in Hollywood history.

He took the stage originally to escape his harsh childhood reality, but later discovered he could alchemize his stand-up by delving fully, even painfully, into the “off-color” life he’d known. Biographer Scott Saul sheds light on an entertainer who, by uniting the spirits of the Black Power movement and the counterculture, forever altered comedy.

Scott Saul will be signing copies of Becoming Richard Pryor following the event.











When: Mon., Nov. 9, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $25
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Raised by an abusive grandmother in his family’s brothels, Richard Pryor may have been the most unlikely star in Hollywood history.

He took the stage originally to escape his harsh childhood reality, but later discovered he could alchemize his stand-up by delving fully, even painfully, into the “off-color” life he’d known. Biographer Scott Saul sheds light on an entertainer who, by uniting the spirits of the Black Power movement and the counterculture, forever altered comedy.

Scott Saul will be signing copies of Becoming Richard Pryor following the event.

Buy tickets/get more info now