Synopsis
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) is the landmark stand-up special you can watch online on iFILM. Seventy-eight minutes, one stage at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, one man and a microphone. Jeff Margolis captured the set.
Pryor doesn't just tell jokes — he acts them out. He becomes brawling boxers, his own dogs, his terrified heart mid-attack, deer wandering through the woods. The material is adult and unguarded: race in America, sex, family, fear, and his favorite target of all, himself, flaws and breakdowns included. The room swings from roaring laughter to dead silence.
This concert is routinely called the greatest the form has ever produced, the template Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle all studied. Raw, honest, physically hilarious, and still sharp decades on. It's for anyone who loves stand-up with no filter and wants to see where the modern version basically began. Stream Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) online on iFILM.
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