Black and White Trypps Number Four

Black and White Trypps Number Four

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Black and White Trypps Number Four

2008

0h 10m

5.8(5 votes)

Overview

Using a 35mm strip of motion picture slug featuring the recently deceased American comedian Richard Pryor, this extended Rorschach assault on the eyes moves out of a flickering chaos created by incompatible film gauges into a punchline involving historically incompatible racial stereotypes.

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Richard Pryor

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