Cut drug- and wife-abusing,
motorized scooter-driving,
multiple sclerosis-suffering
Richard Pryor this much slack:
At least the former funny man
and first-ever Mark Twain
Prize-for-American-humor
recipient has a shaky handful of
reasons why he hasn't really
made anybody laugh since 1980,
when he spontaneously combusted
while freebasing cocaine.
Indeed, despite the regrettable
decision to share his great pain
with audiences by making films
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