jo jo dancer, your life is calling

Director: richard pryor

Actor: richard pryor,debbie allen,art evans,fay hauser

Data Published: Fri May 02 1986

Genres: Biography,Comedy,Drama

Key Words: comedian,drugs,hospital,alter ego,success

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091295/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Jo_Dancer,_Your_Life_Is_Calling

Description: Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a movie starring Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, and Art Evans. After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.

Plot: Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian, who has severely burned himself while freebasing cocaine. The film came out after Pryor had set himself on fire while freebasing. As Dancer lies hospitalized in a coma, his spiritual alter ego 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 leads to extensive drug use and womanizing that takes its toll on his life. Jo Jo's spirit watches and attempts to convince his past self to end the cycle of self-destruction.