Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986 · 97 min · EN · R · 6.3 (23 votes)
Dir. Richard Pryor · Starring Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser, Barbara Williams, Carmen McRae · Music Herbie Hancock

A comic with one eye on his audience and another eye on the truth.

DramaComedy

Although Jo Jo Dancer 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 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. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.

VIBE

A deeply personal journey through a life of highs and lows. It's a reflective, sometimes funny, sometimes sad look at the cost of fame and the search for meaning. Feels like sifting through old photo albums of a complicated past.

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