Larry Karaszewski on RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP

Richard Pryor prowls the stage of the Hollywood Paladium for 82 remarkable minutes in this 1982 "concert" film, gleefully riffing on the roller-coaster turns of his tumultuous personal life (including his cocaine addiction and self-immolation) while effortlessly embodying a multitude of characters, in particular his guilt-tripping friend Jim Brown and the grizzeled sidewalk philosopher, "Mudbone". Sidesplitting and enormously touching, Pryor and his foulmouthed poetry were embraced by audiences across the board.

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