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Richard Pryor was born December 1st 1940 to Gertrude L. Thomas and Leroy “Buck Carter” Pryor. Richard was born into a family business of what is known to be the world’s oldest profession. Richards family own a brothel, this is where men come pay for intimacy or sex. His mother a working girl and father a bartender in the brothel owned and operated by his mother Marie Carter. At the age of three his parent married, but sadly their union did not last long and at the year age of ten his mother abandoned him leaving him in custody of his grandmother Marie that was a violent woman and ruled her home with an iron fist and never spared the rod to spoil the child. Gertrude left due to the violence present in their marriage and ultimately knowing …show more content…

His father was a violent, unpredictable man also abandoned Richard. However Richard was terrified of due to never knowing when he would punch him with enough force to knock him out. This is where he learned that being funny helped earn less spankings. Often entertaining the staff and brothel guess by doing whatever necessary for a laugh. He once slipped in dog poop and everyone laughed so he did it a second time to keep everyone laughing. However, there were not always fun and laughs at the brothel, because as a young man Richard was molested at the age of six and again by a young man in the alley where he was forced to reform oral sex a secret he kept to himself over five decades due to being ashamed. His escape from the shame his molestation and life at the brothel were movies and Saturday matinees where he would remain glued to the television for hours. While in sixth grade he went to visit his mother for a short weekend and he spoke as if this was the most fun he had in life and dreaded returning to Grandmother Marie and life at the brothel. Pryor was expelled from school at the age of fourteen decided later to …show more content…

This films had several urban comics and is an all-time favorite of young and old. You can tell by the dress and scenery and imagining this is not a current film. This movies synopsis is based upon a man by the name of Sugar Ray the owner of an illegal casino and brothel. His establishment is in danger of closing due to corrupt police hired by a gangster name Bugsy Calhoun. Sugar tricks the gangster into believing he will be closing his establishment and leaving Harlem, but not before killing the gangster and associates. Gathering money for himself and staff to being a new life in a new place because they are no longer able to reside in Harlem due to the danger it may

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