Jo Jo Dancer/Alter Ego
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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 American biographical comedy-drama film directed, produced by and starring Richard Pryor, who also wrote the screenplay with Paul Mooney and Rocco Urbisci.
May 2, 1986 · Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling: Directed by Richard Pryor. With Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser. After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Richard Pryor
- 1986-05-02
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling. Richard Pryor stars as Jo Jo Dancer, a well-known comedian at the peak of his popularity and the bottom rung of his self-esteem.
- 97 min
- 27.2K
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“Jo Jo Dancer” begins when its hero already is an entertainment superstar. We track him restlessly around his luxurious Hollywood home as he calls a drug dealer and sets up a party, all the time claiming that he's off drugs.
Although Jo Jo Dancer (Richard Pryor) has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a...
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- Richard Pryor
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- Richard Pryor
After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed.
In this film that closely parallels his own life story, Richard Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself in a drug incident. As he lies unconscious in a hospital, his spiritual alter ego gets up and begins a journey of his own.
