![]() ![]() In his own words, he was ‘a drug-addicted, paranoid, frightened, lonely, sad and frustrated comedian who’d gotten too big for his britches.’ Later in life he became an addict, a junkie. He was abused by a priest and his family let it slide. When he was young he was forced to perform oral sex on an older boy. His autobiography Pryor Convictions: And Other Life Sentences read almost like a history of domestic abuse. He married five different women, and two of them twice. An actual brothel, so that might go some way to explaining both his love for women, and his disregard for them. His life was never easy, even when he was the hottest commodity in Hollywood, and life should have been easy, he fucked things up and made it extremely difficult. But he was also helplessly dedicated to drugs for most of his life. The man was an outstanding performer, there’s no two ways about it. Richard Pryor’s ability and success was of course enviable. I did some time as a stand-up comedian, and I liked it. The Legends are people who were, of course talented, but also, and more importantly, hugely dedicated and hard-working. ![]() I’d like to be Leonardo Da Vinci, and just solve some shit, or be Muddy Waters and start something incredible. ![]() A lot of the Legends of the Months so far have been people that I’d really like to be. ![]()
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