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Plot

Popular African-American comedian Jo Jo Dancer is severely burned while free-basing cocaine. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists that the movie is not autobiographical. While hovering between life and death, Dancer flashes back to his childhood, when he grew up in a brothel. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists that the movie is not autobiographical. Dancer decides to become a comic, but has a great many difficulties rising to stardom until he begins making scatological comments about race relations. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists that the movie is not autobiographical. As he rises to fame, Jo Jo has problems controlling his drug addiction and womanizing. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists.....Well, you've caught on by now. If one were able to excise the excruciatingly boring "introspection" scene, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling would stand as an excellent testimonial to Richard Pryor's cutting-edge comic brilliance.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy,Drama
Run Time:
97min.
Theatrical Release Date:
05/02/1986
DVD Release Date:
02/19/2002
Distributor(s):
Columbia Pictures
Director(s):
Richard Pryor
Starring:
Richard Pryor , Debbie Allen , Art Evans , Fay Hauser , Barbara Williams
Themes:
Drug Addiction,Redemption,Rise and Fall Stories
Tone:
Downbeat,Intimate,Reflective,Somber,Tense
Keywords:
brothel,burn,comedian,drug-addiction,entertainer,singer,stripper,success
Country of Origin:
USA (05-02-1986)
Language:
English