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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Richard Pryor: Icon
  name:
    name part: PBS (Firm)
    role:
      role term: distributor.
  name:
    name part: Kanopy (Firm)
    role:
      role term: distributor.
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Documentary films.
  genre: Internet videos.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
  abstract: Richard Pryor's impact on comedy and this generation's top comedians who cite Richard as their biggest influence is unrivaled. He was one of the first black men ever on television. He pioneered a new brand of humor: black man impersonating white man while making fun of himself. And he was a hit. His comedy was universal. His rise to fame was nothing short of miraculous.. But Richard's comedy was a sign of the times. And in the midst of growing racial tension in the 60s and the free speech movement, he became increasingly dissatisfied limiting his self-expression to comedy that didn't touch on religion, politics or race relations let alone the “N” word. This burden of pretending to be cut from the same non-controversial comedic cloth as Bill Cosby proved too great, and in 1967 he walked off stage in Las Vegas in front of a sold-out crowd without performing. Richard's epiphany that night would change the course of comedy forever.. In RICHARD PRYOR: ICON we delve into his life and legacy how he came up through the brothels of Peoria, Illinois, performed on the Ed Sullivan Show, got banned by the networks, and became embroiled in a pattern of self-destruction that threatened his life.
  note: Title from title frames.
  note: Film
  note: In Process Record.
  note: Chip Bolcik
  note: Originally produced by PBS in 2014.
  note: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  note: In English
  subject:
    topic: History, Modern
  subject:
    topic: Mass media--Study and teaching
  identifier: 1722702 Kanopy
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: VDU
    record creation date: 180507
    record change date: 20260324165420.6
    record identifier: in00003997686
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng