Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 97 mins
Theatrical Release Information:
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Popular African-American comedian Jo Jo Dancer is severely burned while free-basing cocaine. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists that the movie is not autobiographical. While hovering between life and death, Dancer flashes back to his childhood, when he grew up in a brothel. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists that the movie is not autobiographical. Dancer decides to become a comic, but has a great many difficulties rising to stardom until he begins making scatological comments about race relations. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists that the movie is not autobiographical. As he rises to fame, Jo Jo has problems controlling his drug addiction and womanizing. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists.....Well, you've caught on by now. If one were able to excise the excruciatingly boring "introspection" scene, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling would stand as an excellent testimonial to Richard Pryor's cutting-edge comic brilliance. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling:
Debbie Allen also in Fame: Season 01 , Everything's Jake , Fame , Fame , Blank Check
Art Evans also in A Soldier's Story , Trespass , Metro , School Daze , Downtown
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