I’m Gonna Die For Paul Newman

The Plot Thickens

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Tv & Film, Film History

4.8 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Pam finds love on a movie set when she’s cast opposite superstar comedian Richard Pryor. She sets out to change Richard’s self-destructive ways, and succeeds – for a little while. She then immerses herself in a difficult new role, a role that gives her nightmares but could spark a comeback.

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0:00.0	It really is a different dream. White women and black women.
0:03.6	I've dated both.
0:05.0	Yes, I have.
0:06.0	LAUGHTER
0:08.0	During the 1970s, Richard Prior was the biggest comedian on the planet.
0:13.0	But white women take more shit. Like, you be at home, you know, and shit.
0:16.0	You get ready to go out and you say, I'm going out, baby. Take it easy.
0:19.0	OK.
0:20.0	That button to look.
0:23.0	You say that to a black woman, the bitch start dressing too.
0:28.0	Richard delivered that joke in 1975.
0:32.0	The next year, he met Pam Greer. Freddie Prince introduced them.
0:36.0	First time I met him, it was with Freddie.
0:40.0	We went to see him and get some liquid cocaine.
0:43.0	Richard was a known womanizer. Pam peaked his interest.
0:47.0	The feeling was not mutual.
0:49.0	He had acne, bad acne.
0:52.0	And I wanted to say, but I didn't.
0:55.0	You're a lot smaller than I thought you were, a lot skinnier.
1:01.0	Richard Prior owned guns.
1:03.0	He spent time in jail, and he had a drug problem.
1:08.0	I started to go cave in about 15 years.
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