Richard Pryor Live in Concert

Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (DVD)

Crude. Foul. Real. In a word, that's Richard Pryor: Live in Concert. In this, the funnyman's first and best concert film, Pryor does dead-on impersonations of the respective races, cussing, trying to act tough, getting kicked in privates. But it's his imagination that elevates him to a different level and hints at the comedic genius of the man. He gives his impressions of what animals think, from his own animals (a monkey, a Doberman) to police dogs, and it seems so exact, so precise. Not to mention the fact that he is at his self-deprecating best, skewering himself as much as any other subject.