[Maceman]

I'm sorry, but I disagree.

I do abhor society's descent in vulgarity. But Pryor showed us the darkness that exists, that was his whole life, and made it human and compelling with his brilliance.

He was the Charlie Parker of comedy, a man whose dazzling brilliance and virtuosity made me and others laugh more than almost any other comedian.

I am sorry he is gone, I am sorry that the last years of his life were filled with such debility. And I am grateful to have seen his work.

RIP, Richard.

[vimto]

Pryor could be brilliant. But his autobiography was a case study in depravity without insight. His was a tragic vile life. the book provides seriously uncomfortable reading. (My wife threw it out!).

Yet there is time from the saddle to the stirrup.