Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling ★★½ 1986 (R)
Pryor directed and starred in this semi-autobiographical price-of-fame story of a comic, hospitalized for a drug-related accident, who must reevaluate his life. A serious departure from Pryor's slapstick comedies that doesn't quite make it as a drama; Pryor nevertheless deserves credit for the honesty he demonstrates in dealing with his real-life problems. 97m/C VHS, DVD . Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser, Barbara Williams, Paula Kelly, Wings Hauser, Carmen McRae, Diahnne Abbott, Scoey Mitchell, Billy Eckstine, Virginia Capers, Dennis Farina; D: Richard Pryor; W: Richard Pryor, Rocco Urbisci; C: John A. Alonzo; M: Herbie Hancock.
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