Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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AmericanCaesar Salad presents: Richard Pryor is one of the most significant figures in comedy, and gone since 2005. His life story has been circled by many prospective productions since his death, but people forget that Pryor directed his own biopic in 1986. So, why is it nearly unknown today?

AmericanCaesar Salad is a series of video essays by Bill Scurry, podcaster, film critic, and curator of AmericanCaesar Enterprises.

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