Introducing "Richard Pryor's Peoria"

Описание: This short movie tells the story of Richard Pryor's childhood in Peoria, Illinois, and is a gateway into www.becomingrichardpryor.com, the website that historian Scott Saul has built as a digital companion to his biography Becoming Richard Pryor (HarperCollins). More info on Scott Saul and the book at www.scott-saul.com.

PRAISE FOR BECOMING RICHARD PRYOR

"Absorbing, incisive....With skill and insight, Saul shows how both the best and the worst of Pryor could merge into a great body of work unmatched by anyone who was ever paid to make people laugh." (Four out of four stars)
— USA Today

"Sharply observed...riveting."
— TIME Magazine

"A pop-culture masterpiece"
— Cleveland Plain-Dealer

"A fascinating, exhilarating read. It makes the worlds Pryor inhabited, and Pryor himself, come alive with a thrilling intensity. I didn't want to put the book down and couldn't wait to get back to it."
— Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

"[A] gripping read....The only book you need on its subject."
— The Sunday Times (UK)

"A book that breaks new ground....Details the amazing way Richard found his way out of the life for which he seemed destined and into the world of the performing arts."
— The New York Times

"An always-fascinating, sometimes horrifying look at the catastrophes and cunning that formed one of our most wicked, smartest comic minds.”
— Patton Oswalt, comedian and author of Silver Screen Fiend

"A compulsively readable book that sets a new gold standard for American biography. Scott Saul's research is extraordinary; his writing is taut, elegant, and insightful; and he captures both the hilarity and pain that made Richard Pryor such a towering figure."
— Debby Applegate, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography

"Scott Saul's superb storytelling is a perfect match for his subject—he keeps you mesmerized, laughing, crying, stunned, hungry, and, above all, surprised. Pryor emerges as a genuine artist, one forged by a world that, until now, has been shrouded in myth and mystery."
— Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original