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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

A comic with one eye on his audience and another eye on the truth.

6.5 average rating
★★★★★
6.5
English / 97 MIN. / 1986

The Genres

The Synopsis

Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.

The Cast

Richard PryorDebbie AllenArt EvansFay HauserBarbara WilliamsCarmen McRaePaula KellyDiahnne AbbottScoey MitchellBilly EckstineTanya BoydWings HauserE'Lon CoxMichael IronsideJ.J. BarryMike GenoveseMarlene WarfieldVirginia CapersDennis FarinaFrederick CoffinRichard GrossmanKen ForeeGloria CharlesMary Bond DavisCheri WellsValerie McIntoshBebe DrakeCharlie DellEdy RobertsMichael PrinceRocco UrbisciRod GistElizabeth RobinsonBeau StarrLudie C. WashingtonKiblena PeaceLarry MurphyDennis HaydenSam HenningsRashon KhanCharles KnappTracy MorganGary AllenJack AndreozziMartin AzarowDean WeinSig FrohlichJoanna LipariRobin TorellErika MarrLaura SorrensonGeraldine MasonMichael Anthony WilliamsTom LawrenceSuzanne NilesNico Stevens

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