“唯一的迪克·格雷戈里（Dick Gregory）”评论：对开创性人才的大开眼界
‘The One and Only Dick Gregory’ Review: An Eye-Opening Look at a Ground-Breaking Talent
克里斯·洛克（Chris Rock）在“一个唯一的迪克·格雷戈里（Dick Gregory）”开始时，将站立/激进主义者称为“有史以来最伟大的政治喜剧演员之一”，随后的两个小时证明了这一点。由安德烈·盖恩斯（Andre Gaines）撰写和执导的一流文档提醒任何熟悉格雷戈里（Gregory）的人的工作广度和先见之处。对于初学者来说，这将是一个大开眼界。除了看他的职业生涯外，盖恩斯的医生还提供了他所居住的动荡时光的时间胶囊（1932-2017），对民族痛苦的数量保持不变，给人以震惊。前两分钟，没有放手。揭幕战将Gregory的档案录像和音频片段与Rock和其他人的推荐书混合在一起，包括Harry Belafonte和Wanda Sykes。然后，它按时间顺序排列了他的非凡职业。1961年，格雷戈里（Gregory）28岁是芝加哥红色炙手可热的花花公子俱乐部的最后一刻替补。当经理意识到观众将包括许多高加索南方人，在镇上进行大会时，他们给了格雷戈里有机会鞠躬，但他坚持下去，夜晚改变了他的生活。他开玩笑并谈到了种族关系三个小时，反应是如此热情，以至于杰克·帕尔（Jack Paar）为“今晚秀”预订了他。有趣的是，但所有的幽默都没有解决热门屁股的话题。格雷格里也是综合观众的开创性者。 “今晚秀”导致了格雷戈里的一年有利可图的活动，他1962年去密西西比州的旅行是另一个改变游戏规则的人，因为他目睹了偏执的可怕例子。格雷戈里（Gregory）的喜剧和政治混合在一起，在他向选民镇压，警察骚扰和双倍方面讲话时，他转变为高档美国法律体系中的标准等主题。这是非常及时的。格雷格里因其行动主义而被捕超过100次，被联邦调查局围困，被联邦调查局的针对。当他对越南的幽默对主流而言太敏感了，格雷戈里在大学音乐会中发现了接受粉丝。越南还刺激了一场持续了将近两年的绝食罢工，当时他减少了近200磅。穷人;他推广了羽衣甘蓝，并且喝了大量水的重要性。在1970年代初期，这些都是激进的想法。作者导演盖恩斯（Gaines），他的研究人员和编辑通过融合格雷戈里（Gregory）的家庭照片，家庭电影和访谈，以及新闻介绍的镜头和照片，涵盖了数十年的历史。格雷戈里（Gregory这么多领土，它可能是一个纪录片迷，因为它涵盖了他与马丁·路德·金（Martin Luther King），穆罕默德·阿里（Muhammad Ali）和梅德加·埃弗斯（Medgar Evers）等活动家的友谊，另一方面是J. Edgar Hoover。这部电影还显示了格雷戈里（Gregory）遇到了20世纪下半叶的横截面，其中包括休·赫夫纳（Hugh Hefner），约翰·列侬（John Lennon）和洋子洋子（Yoko ono），凯蒂·卡莱尔（Kitty Carlisle）和迈克尔·杰克逊（Michael Jackson）；像詹姆斯·鲍德温（James Baldwin）和格洛里亚·斯坦（Gloria Steinem）这样的搬运工和振手者在照片中出现了。唯一的批评是次要的：几乎没有提及格雷戈里（Gregory）面前突破性的黑色漫画，例如妈妈Mabley和Redd Foxx，而每个人都没有毒品，而Docu却没有，但Docu却没有花很多时间在格雷戈里（Gregory）的缺点上。但是，很高兴听到格雷戈里（Gregory）的喜剧继承人，例如戴夫·查佩尔（Dave Chappelle）和凯文·哈特（Kevin Hart）认可了他的贡献。克里斯·洛克（Chris Rock）在尽头，钦佩地说：“他过着生活。”在一场音乐会上听到格雷戈里（Gregory），说要问自己的重要问题是“您给了多少服务你的人啊？”显然，他付出了很多。在6月的翠贝卡音乐节（Tribeca Festival）首映后，“唯一的迪克·格雷戈里（Dick Gregory）”于7月4日在Showtime首次亮相。
At the start of “The One and Only Dick Gregory,” Chris Rock hails the standup/activist as “one of the greatest political comedians who ever lived” and the following two hours prove the point. The first-rate doc, written and directed by Andre Gaines, is a reminder to anyone familiar with Gregory of the breadth and prescience of his work; to the uninitiated, it will be an eye-opener.
A title card identifies Gregory as “Public citizen #1, comedian, activist, health pioneer.” Aside from looking at his varied career, Gaines’ doc offers a time capsule of the tumultuous years in which he lived (1932-2017), offering a few shocks at how much of the national anguish has remained unchanged.
The film grabs the audience within the first two minutes and doesn’t let go. The opener mixes archival footage and audio clips of Gregory with testimonials from Rock and others, including Harry Belafonte and Wanda Sykes. Then it gives a chronological telling of his remarkable career.
In 1961, Gregory at age 28 was a last-minute substitute at the red-hot Playboy Club in Chicago. When the managers realized the audience would include a lot of Caucasian Southerners, in town for a convention, they gave Gregory the chance to bow out, but he stuck with it and the evening changed his life. He joked and spoke about race relations for three hours and the reaction was so enthusiastic that Jack Paar booked him for “The Tonight Show.”
It was a time when comedy was dominated by Bob Newhart, Jonathan Winters and Mike Nichols & Elaine May — all hilarious, but all off-beat humor, with none tackling hot-button topics.
Gregory was also a ground-breaker by playing to integrated audiences. “The Tonight Show” led to a year of lucrative engagements for Gregory and his 1962 trip to Mississippi was another game-changer as he witnessed horrific examples of bigotry. Gregory’s mixture of comedy and politics shifted into high gear as he addressed voter suppression, police harassment and the double standard in America’s legal system, among other topics. It's incredibly timely.
Gregory was arrested more than 100 times for his activism, besieged with death threats and targeted by the FBI. When his humor about Vietnam proved too touchy for the mainstream, Gregory found receptive fans in his college concerts. Vietnam also spurred a hunger strike that lasted nearly two years, when he dropped nearly 200 pounds.
During the long fast, he gained insights about eating: He worked to raise consciousness about nutrition, lamenting the obesity and high blood pressure in America, particularly among the poor; he promoted kale and the importance of drinking plenty of water. In the early 1970s, these were radical ideas.
Writer-director Gaines, his researchers and editors cover the decades by blending Gregory family photos, home movies and interviews, along with newsreel footage and photographs that give historical context.
“The One and Only Dick Gregory” is relatively long for a docu, but it covers so much territory, it could have been a docu miniseries, as it covers his friendship with activists such as Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali and Medgar Evers and, on the flip side, J. Edgar Hoover. The film also shows Gregory encountering a cross-section of the second half of the 20th century, including Hugh Hefner, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Kitty Carlisle and Michael Jackson; movers and shakers like James Baldwin and Gloria Steinem appear fleetingly in photos.
The only criticisms are minor: There’s barely a mention of groundbreaking black comics before Gregory, such as Moms Mabley and Redd Foxx and while every human has foibles, the docu doesn’t spend much time on Gregory’s downside.
But it’s good to hear Gregory’s comedy heirs like Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart recognizing his contributions. Near the end, Chris Rock says admiringly, “He lived a LIFE.” And Gregory is heard in a concert saying the important question to ask oneself is “How much service did you give to your fellow human beings?”
Clearly, he gave a lot. After premiering at the Tribeca Festival in June, “The One and Only Dick Gregory” debuts July 4 on Showtime.
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