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Scott Saul

Scott Saul is the author of Becoming Richard Pryor.

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Profane and Profound

Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby

<p>Biographer Scott Saul talks about spending 8 years studying Pryor and why he never got bored, why Pryor is still electrifying, and what he would have thought of Bill Cosby. <b><a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2014/12/10/how-richard-pryor-invented-the-edgy-comic-style-that-branded-him-an-artist.html#excerpt">Read an excerpt from his book below</a></b>.<br> </p>

David Yaffe

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