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Rain Pryor: Actress, comedian, not just Richard's daughter

Rain Pryor: Actress, comedian, not just Richard's daughter

FromRivkush


Rain Pryor: Actress, comedian, not just Richard's daughter

FromRivkush

ratings:
Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Aug 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Rain Pryor is many things: an actress, singer, performer, comedian, mother, one-time city council candidate in the City of Baltimore... and, yes, daughter of Richard Pryor, the famous comedian. Her mother, Shelley Bonus, a former go-go-dancer turned astronomer, was Jewish; Rain grew up studying torah with her grandfather and learning to make latkes with her bubbe.
Rain has been outspoken about her upbringing and cultural identity, which featured prominently in her acclaimed autobiographical one-woman show, Fried Chicken & Latkes. Yet despite her activism, plainspoken personality and deep appreciation of her Jewish identity, like many Jews of colour, she's still questioned in Jewish spaces.
Relevant links

Watch a clip from Fried Chicken & Latkes on YouTube
Follow Rain on Twitter @RainPryor

Credits
Rivkush is hosted by Rivka Campbell. Michael Fraiman is the editor and prodcer. Our theme music is by Westside Gravy. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network; find more great Jewish podcasts at thecjn.ca.
Released:
Aug 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (25)

Rivka "Rivkush" Campbell, a Jew of Jamaican descent, has been one of Canada's most vocal Jews of colour. In this podcast, she interviews fascinating Jews of colour from all over the world, opening dialogue with the mainstream Jewish community about their views, perspectives and experiences.