{"id":1342,"date":"2006-08-30T14:57:44","date_gmt":"2006-08-30T21:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2021-02-05T15:47:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:47:53","slug":"richard-pryor-live-in-concert-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1342","title":{"rendered":"Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;That was some hell of a psychology, right?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-Poster-1-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-54744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-Poster-1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-Poster-1-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-Poster-1-181x270.jpg 181w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-Poster-1.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nRichard Pryor discusses oversexed monkeys, nonchalant nurses, peeing in the woods, and boxing with Muhammad Ali.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Richard Pryor Films<\/li>\n<li>Stand-Up Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, to watch this live concert film is to see &#8220;a comic genius at work.&#8221; Pryor is uninhibited and raunchy, yet manages to reveal deep-seated &#8220;pain, fear, anger, and concern for his race&#8221;. Pryor&#8217;s routines weren&#8217;t always funny (I&#8217;m thinking in particular of <em>Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin&#8217;<\/em>, a 1985 film release of a 1971 performance which should never have seen the light of day), so this uniformly brilliant snapshot of his career shouldn&#8217;t be taken for granted. Among the many enjoyable segments are Pryor explaining how he got arrested for shooting his own car; describing nurses&#8217; nonchalance while collecting pee from their patients; and reminiscing about beatings from his grandmother (!). Watch and enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pryor&#8217;s inimitable physical humor on stage<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-1-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-1-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Richard-Pryor-Live-in-Concert-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This is one of the few &#8220;must see&#8221; stand-up performances on film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0079807\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1979\/02\/16\/archives\/film-pryor-in-concertmime-and-mimic.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;That was some hell of a psychology, right?&#8221; Synopsis: Richard Pryor discusses oversexed monkeys, nonchalant nurses, peeing in the woods, and boxing with Muhammad Ali. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Richard Pryor Films Stand-Up Comedy Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, to watch this live concert film is to see &#8220;a comic genius at work.&#8221; Pryor is uninhibited and raunchy, yet manages to reveal deep-seated &#8220;pain, fear, anger, and concern for his race&#8221;. Pryor&#8217;s routines weren&#8217;t always funny (I&#8217;m&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1342\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68988,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions\/68988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}