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Donkey Kongs

Your film critic defends himself from charges of knee-jerk liberalism and racism.

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Update (12/16/06): A few readers have noted that Pryor's near-death experience might have been a suicide attempt and not an accident--at least, that's the scenario he presents in his (awful) auto-biopic Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling. And yes, he was freebasing, not smoking crack. ... 3:46 a.m. PT

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