Wall Street Journal, 07/31/2009, "[T]he first of Richard Pryor's concert films remains in a class by itself. It's surely the best comic performance ever captured on film, and possibly the best, period..."
Uncut, 07/01/2004, p.138, "[T]he crucial second -- and biggest -- building blocks in the foundation of black American comedy."
Entertainment Weekly, 08/04/2006, p.55, "[L]ike an alchemist, he turns his guilt, anxiety, prejudices, and pain into uproarious comedy." -- Grade: A-
New York Times, 02/16/1979, p.C12, "...The brand of physical comedy that is especially [Pryor's] own....A whale of a show..."
Title Note
Filmed in Long Beach, California.
Release Note
DVD Features:
Full Frame - 1.33
Product Notes
The brilliant funnyman's first concert film features his trademark brand of comedy touching on serious real-life issues and his own personal life with inimitable style. From sex and racial differences to parenting and vicious neighborhood dogs, Pryor spares no one and nothing.
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