Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip is the seventeenth album by American comedian Richard Pryor. Produced by Pryor and Biff Dawes, the album was released alongside the comedian's film of the same name in 1982. The material includes Pryor's frank discussion of his drug addiction and of the night that he caught on fire while freebasing cocaine in 1980. The album later won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording in 1982. Track listing
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ReceptionRoger Ebert rated Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip four out of four stars, describing it as a "breathtaking performance" by a comedian who had returned from the brink of self-destruction. He noted Pryor's initial nervousness but observed that, as the performance progressed, Pryor transformed into an "older, wiser, and funnier" version of himself, delivering extraordinary comedy and self-reflection. Ebert highlighted the brilliance of Pryor’s vignettes, including a Mafia nightclub skit and physical comedy inspired by African wildlife, culminating in a final segment he called "one of the most remarkable marriages of comedy and truth I have ever seen." He concluded, "It is good we still have him. He is better than ever."[2] References
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