JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING

Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser

Columbia Pictures; Directed by Richard Pryor

Rated R; 97 minutes; 1986

Richard Pryor directed and starred in this semi-autobiographical price-of-fame story of a comic, hospitalization for a drug-related accident, who must re-evaluate his life. A serious departure from Pryor’s slapstick comedies that doesn’t quite make it as a dream; Pryor nevertheless deserves credit for the honesty he demonstrates in dealing with his real-life problems.