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Original Kings of Comedy, The

Director Spike Lee captures the last performance of the
hugely successful stand-up comedy tour featuring Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric “The Entertainer” and Bernie Mac. The usual topics – sex, race and family life – are covered in funny but not always original ways, as any look back at 1979’s Richard Pryor Live in Concert reveals. All in all, it made me wish Lee had teamed up with someone as challenging and
relevant as Pryor was in his day – namely Chris Rock.

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