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In the vast tundras of Alaska and in the timberlands and national parks of California, Oregon, Arizona and Utah, forest fires have devoured huge swaths of magnificent territory. Most of the blazes have been started by heat lightning, and many are still out of control. Alaska has lost 1.6 million...
Pryor's colorful vulgarity found an S.R.O. audience, not in Las Vegas but on the concert hall circuit. Writing, he dis covered, came naturally. He wrote part of Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, several segments of Sanford and Son, and parts of two Lily Tomlin specials. Acting came just...
The only thing that has not come naturally for Pryor has been living. For several years he was hooked on cocaine, a fact he now includes in his comedy routine. "I snorted up Peru," he says. "I could have bought Peru." Married and divorced three times, he has four children...
In short, what we have here is a little miracle of perseverance, all the more effective for the good-humored manner in which the story is presented. Beau Bridges does a pleasant turn as a white driver who becomes Scott's friend and, later, mechanic. Pam Grier, up out...
Greased Lightning purports to be the biography of Wendell Scott, who may be described loosely as the Jackie Robinson of auto racing-the first black man to cross the color line in his sport. One says "purports" because it is almost impossible to believe that any real life could so...