RICHARD PRYOR WAS NOT THE FIRST ACTOR TO DO MULTIPLE CHARACTERS IN A FILM. PETER SELLERS, DANNY KAYE DID CHARACTERS IN THEIR FILMS LONG B4 PRYOR. HOWEVER, RICHARD PRYOR WAS THE FIRST BLACK ACTOR TO ACHIEVE THIS FEAT. EDDIE MURPHY I THINK WAS BETTER AT DOING MULTIPLE CHARACTERS. WHEN EDDIE PLAYED A CHARACTER, EDDIE WOULD TOTALLY DISAPPEAR TO THE POINT U FORGOT IT WAS HIM. PRYOR'S 3 CHARACTERS ASIDE FROM THEIR MAKEUP, ARE NOT MUCH DIFFERENT. THEY SOUNDED LIKE HIM, ACTED LIKE HIM SO U BASICALLY KNEW IT WAS PRYOR. PRYOR AS THE OLD MAN IS THE FUNNIEST THING IN THIS MOVIE AND IT'S A CRIME HE WASN'T GIVEN MORE SCREEN TIME. PRYOR AS LEROY WAS NOT VERY SMART OR A LIKABLE CHARACTER. U DON'T SYMPATHIZE WITH A COWARD WHO COULDN'T JUST WALK AWAY FROM HIS MARRIAGE. INSTEAD HE JUGGLES MULTIPLE WOMEN AND TRIES TO KEEP IT TOGETHER. THEN HYPOCRITICALLY IS VERY UPSET WHEN HE FINDS HIS WIFE IS PREGNANT BY THE REVEREND THOMAS (ALSO PRYOR). 5 SCENES THAT I'D SUGGEST FORWARDING YOUR DVD TO SEE: LEROY AND HIS DAD GOIN AT IT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE FILM, THE OLD MAN BEEFIN BOUT HIS CHICKEN, THE REVEREND'S SERMON, THE OLD MAN SEEING LEROY'S WIFE HALF DRESSED, AND LEROY AND THE REVEREND HAVIN IT OUT IN THE CHURCH!
Review of Which Way Is Up?
