Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Name: Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Rating: 6.3

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

R Drama Comedy Fantasy

Starring: Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser, Barbara Williams

Writer: Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney, Rocco Urbisci

Release Date:
May 2, 1986

Ratings:
6.3 / 10

Director:
Richard Pryor

Companies:
Columbia Pictures

Overview

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.

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