![]() ![]() ![]() I will never forget Stir Crazy directed by Sidney Poitier (who sadly passed away earlier this year) and starring Gene Wilder as Richard's partner in crime so to speak, the hilarious antics and outrageous behaviors had me in stitches. For me it was a epic read, disturbing as well but epic none the less. He did not make excuses for this behavior but did explain the kind of upbringing he had that contributed to the man he became. Now far be it for me to paint a rosy picture of a man that had many faults that he talks about openly in this book about his drug addiction, alcoholism, womanizing, DUI and being a woman beater but we all have our faults and this also has to be taken in context of the 1970's and 80's which had very different norms and standards from today. All the greats of the modern day era of comedy recognize Richard as their role model for their work however his style and pizazz is yet to be eclipsed. He was the man that took it to the next level by talking about life, growing up, racism, sex and all the other difficult subjects that that is fodder for hilarious stand up comedy. Prior to Pryor (see what I did there) comedy was of the tell a joke with a punch line followed by a rim shot variety. ![]() Interesting that only 140 LT members have read this book (as a the time of writing this review) of which only 4 felt moved to have submitted a review about a story of the life of a man that was a legend and ground breaker in comedy. ![]()
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