Kai Wright
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He worked so hard to go from being...
you know, the kid that grew up in a brothel to standing on this stage, being so famous that they would book him for this, even though he obviously was not a fit, you know?
In front of Black audiences.
And then he was okay.
That's right.
You know what?
That's exactly right.
That's exactly right.
Right.
And, you know, maybe the comparison is apt as well because, like, I think, you know, today's Dave Chappelle is a man who is self-destructed.
And part of my interest in this is, like, the self-destruction that Richard Pryor engages in as a consequence of this stuff was epic.
And I'm going to tell you about that after a break.
Welcome back.
This is Big Lives.
We are talking about Richard Pryor and we are now going to talk about his death.
Epic self-destruction.
Oh, boy.
All right, so June of 1980.
Richard Pryor is wildly wealthy by this point.
He has already been the first black person to make a million dollars in a movie.