{"id":1504,"date":"2010-02-01T19:06:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T03:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2010\/02\/richard_pryor_series_at_sam\/"},"modified":"2010-02-01T19:06:32","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T03:06:32","slug":"richard_pryor_series_at_sam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2010\/02\/richard_pryor_series_at_sam.html","title":{"rendered":"Richard Pryor series at SAM"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Seattle Art Museum<\/a>: <\/p>\n

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SAM presents three films that spotlight the comic
\nbrilliance of Richard Pryor (1940-2005). Tickets for all three films:
\nnonmembers $20, SAM members $17. Tickets for individual films: $7.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nFebruary 5
\nSilver Streak<\/i>
\n(Arthur Hiller, 1976). Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Scatman Crothers. In 35 mm, color, 113 min.
\nIn this Hitchcock-style comic thriller Silver Streak, Pryor tries to teach uptight businessman Gene Wilder how to “move like a black man.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Whatever humor Silver Streak<\/i> had in 1976 has leeched away in time. It was never more than the race version of Some Like It Hot<\/i><\/a>, a better movie by light years.<\/p>\n

February 12<\/p>\n

Blue Collar<\/i>
\n(Paul Schrader, 1978). Yaphet Kotto, Harvey Keitel, Ed Begley Jr. In 35 mm, color, 114 min.
\nBlue Collar features Pryor’s best acting performance as a fed-up auto worker who helps rob his bosses.<\/p>\n

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Great movie, but it has nothing to do with Pryor’s comedy. It’s a crime story, and he burns through it. <\/p>\n

February 19<\/p>\n

Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip<\/i>
\n(Joe Layton, 1982). Cinematography by Haskell Wexler. In 35 mm, color, 82 min. Rated R for language.
\nRichard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip gives us Pryor’s artistry as a stand-up comic as he transmutes personal problems into improvisational narratives that groove like jazz riffs.
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If you’re looking for the comic brilliance, go to this one. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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