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Mood:
- ContemplativeGloomySincere
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Plot:
- Performer's LifeRise and FallRising To StardomRedemptionAddictionAmbitionArtists and ShowbizHopes more...
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Genres:
- DramaComedy
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Place:
- IllinoisHospital
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Humor:
- Grossout HumorIrreverent Humor
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Based on:
- BiographyBased on True Story
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- SeriousRealistic
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- Drugs/AlcoholNudityProfanityViolent Content
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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling, 1986
English
USA
Profile of Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling can be described as contemplative, gloomy, and sincere. The plot revolves around addiction, rising to stardom, and the life of a performer. Its comic aspect comes from grossout humor and irreverent humor. Its main genres are drama and comedy. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a hospital. It is located in Illinois. It takes place in the 1980s. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. Note that it involves drugs/alcohol, nudity, and profanity.
Summary of Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling
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. He revisits his life, from growing up in a brothel as a child and struggling to beat the long odds to become a top rated comedian. However, his success brings new problems as he develops a tragic pattern of substance abuse that begins to screw up his life. All the while, Jo Jo's spirit watches these events and attempts to convince his past self to turn off from his path of self destruction.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 2 May 1986 |
| Runtime: | 97 min |
Cast and Crew
as Jo Jo Dancer / Alter Ego
as Michelle
