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the Redd Foxx Story
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
October 2011
On Sale: September 27, 2011
290 pages
ISBN: 1557837546
EAN: 9781557837547
Kindle: B006J804SK
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography
Black and Blue: The Redd Foxx Story tells the remarkable
story of Foxx, a veteran comedian and "overnight sensation"
at the age of forty-nine whose early life was defined by
adversity - and his post-Sanford and Son years by a blur of
women, cocaine, endless lawsuits, financial chaos, and a
losing battle with the IRS. Foxx's frank, trailblazing style
as the "King of the Party Records" opened the door for a
generation of African-American comedians including Dick
Gregory, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, and Chris
Rock. Foxx took the country by storm in January 1972 as
crotchety, bow-legged Watts junk dealer Fred Sanford in
Sanford and Son, one of the most beloved sitcoms in
television history. Fred's histrionic "heart attacks" ("It's
the big one, Elizabeth! I'm comin' to join ya, honey!") and
catchphrases ("You big dummy!") turned Fred Sanford into a
cultural icon and Redd Foxx into a millionaire. Sanford and
Son took Foxx to the pinnacle of television success - but
would also prove to be his downfall. Interviews with
friends, confidantes, and colleagues provide a unique
insight into this generous, brash, vulnerable performer - a
man who Norman Lear described as "inherently, innately funny
in every part of his being."
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