Audrey Thomas McCluskey is a professor of African American and African diaspora studies and former director of the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University, Bloomington. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana.
Audrey Thomas McCluskey is a professor of African American and African diaspora studies and former director of the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University, Bloomington. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana.
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Richard Pryor: Comic Genius, Tortured Soul / Audrey Thomas McCluskey Part 1. New Essays 1. "That Nigger's Crazy": Richard Pryor, Racial Performativity, Cultural Critique / Keith M. Harris 2. The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Jo Jo Dancer: Your Life Is Calling / Margo Natalie Crawford 3. Was It Something He Said? Censorship and the Richard Pryor Television Show, 1977 / Audrey Thomas McCluskey 4. Richard Pryor and the Poetics of Cursing / Kate E. Brown 5. Br'er Richard: Fascinatin' Storyteller / Maxine A. LeGall 6. ". . . And It's Deep Too": The Philosophical Comedy of Richard Pryor / Malik D. McCluskey 7. When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong: Pryor, Chappelle, and the Comedic Politics of the Post-Soul / Tyrone R. Simpson Part 2. Biography 8. Jump Street! From Richard Pryor: The Man behind the Laughter (1981) / Joseph Nazel 9. The Politics of Being Black From If I Stop I'll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor (1991) / John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams 10. "He Wasn't Afraid to Get Naked in Front of People": Michael Schultz Remembers Richard Pryor / Audrey Thomas McCluskey Part 3. Reviews 11. Time Warp Movies: A Review of Superman III (1985) / Pauline Kael 12. Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip (1994) / Pauline Kael 13. Richard Pryor: The Real Slim Shady (2001) / Rob Sheffield Part 4. Social and Cultural Criticism 14. The New Comic Style of Richard Pryor (1975) / James Alan McPherson 15. Jive Times: Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin, and the Theatre of the Routine (1974) / David Felton 16. Richard and Me (1994) / Nelson George 17. Hill Street Bullshit, Richard Pryor Routines, and the Real Deal (1997) / Bob Avakian 18. Now's the Time: The Richard Pryor Phenomenon and the Triumph of Black Culture (1998) / Siva Vaidhyanathan 19. A Pryor Love: The Life and Times of America's Comic Prophet of Race (1999) / Hilton Als 20. Conclusion: We Owe a Debt to Richard Pryor / Audrey Thomas McCluskey Selected Chronology: The Life and Times of Richard Pryor Additional Sources Permissions and Credits List of Contributors Index
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Richard Pryor: Comic Genius, Tortured Soul / Audrey Thomas McCluskey Part 1. New Essays 1. "That Nigger's Crazy": Richard Pryor, Racial Performativity, Cultural Critique / Keith M. Harris 2. The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Jo Jo Dancer: Your Life Is Calling / Margo Natalie Crawford 3. Was It Something He Said? Censorship and the Richard Pryor Television Show, 1977 / Audrey Thomas McCluskey 4. Richard Pryor and the Poetics of Cursing / Kate E. Brown 5. Br'er Richard: Fascinatin' Storyteller / Maxine A. LeGall 6. ". . . And It's Deep Too": The Philosophical Comedy of Richard Pryor / Malik D. McCluskey 7. When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong: Pryor, Chappelle, and the Comedic Politics of the Post-Soul / Tyrone R. Simpson Part 2. Biography 8. Jump Street! From Richard Pryor: The Man behind the Laughter (1981) / Joseph Nazel 9. The Politics of Being Black From If I Stop I'll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor (1991) / John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams 10. "He Wasn't Afraid to Get Naked in Front of People": Michael Schultz Remembers Richard Pryor / Audrey Thomas McCluskey Part 3. Reviews 11. Time Warp Movies: A Review of Superman III (1985) / Pauline Kael 12. Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip (1994) / Pauline Kael 13. Richard Pryor: The Real Slim Shady (2001) / Rob Sheffield Part 4. Social and Cultural Criticism 14. The New Comic Style of Richard Pryor (1975) / James Alan McPherson 15. Jive Times: Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin, and the Theatre of the Routine (1974) / David Felton 16. Richard and Me (1994) / Nelson George 17. Hill Street Bullshit, Richard Pryor Routines, and the Real Deal (1997) / Bob Avakian 18. Now's the Time: The Richard Pryor Phenomenon and the Triumph of Black Culture (1998) / Siva Vaidhyanathan 19. A Pryor Love: The Life and Times of America's Comic Prophet of Race (1999) / Hilton Als 20. Conclusion: We Owe a Debt to Richard Pryor / Audrey Thomas McCluskey Selected Chronology: The Life and Times of Richard Pryor Additional Sources Permissions and Credits List of Contributors Index
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