Richard Pryor comedy style and topics

Richard Pryor's comedy style influenced almost every other stand up comedian that came after him, including George Carlin, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy or Robin Williams. On George Carlin's last HBO special, performed on MArch 1, 2008 an image of Richard Pryor can be seen in the background. Richard Pryor's comedy genre includes observational comedy, black comedy, satire and improvisational comedy. Some of the comedian's favourite subjects touched in his stand up comedy shows were recreational drug use, racism and race relations, politics and African-American culture, topics that you can easily discover later in George Lopez, Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock's stand ups.