{"id":50442,"date":"2016-12-04T02:14:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T02:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=50442"},"modified":"2016-12-04T02:14:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T02:14:24","slug":"between-two-worlds-a-conversation-with-rain-pryor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=50442","title":{"rendered":"Between Two Worlds \u2013\u00a0A conversation with Rain Pryor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Between Two Worlds \u2013\u00a0A conversation with Rain Pryor<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Connecticut Jewish Ledger<\/a>
\n2016-11-22<\/p>\n

Cindy Mindell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Rain Pryor<\/a> was born and raised in Los Angeles<\/a>, the daughter of comedian Richard Pryor<\/a> and Shelley Bonis (later changed to Bonus), a Jewish go-go dancer. After her parents divorced, Pryor spent time with both grandmothers and in both cultures, forging a unique identity that combined elements from her Black and Jewish legacies.<\/p>\n

In 2004, Pryor created and toured in \u201cFried Chicken and Latkes,\u201d an award-winning solo show based on her life that played to sold-out crowds and standing ovations across the country and in the UK<\/a>. In 2005, the show won an NAACP Theatre Award for Best Female Performer Equity, and the Invisible Theatre\u2019s Goldie Klein Guest Artist Award. The 2012 New York Times review of the \u201ceffervescent\u201d show described Pryor as \u201ca robust, ebullient performer.\u201d…<\/p>\n

…Recently, she spoke with the Ledger<\/em> about the evolution\u00a0of her \u201cFried Chicken and Latkes\u201d and the influences that shaped it…<\/p>\n

…Q: How do you express your dual identity today?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> For High Holidays<\/a>, my mom and I go to the Pico Union<\/a>\u00a0[formerly Sinai Temple], the oldest synagogue building in\u00a0Los Angeles. They do a lot of outreach. I also embrace my Black African-centric heritage and practice If\u00e1<\/a>, an ancient and mystical Yoruba tradition<\/a> honoring the ancestors, which to me went beautifully with the High Holiday services. I embrace\u00a0culture and tradition and I would say I\u2019m a spiritual being more than I\u2019ll ever be a religious being…<\/p>\n

Read the entire interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Between Two Worlds \u2013\u00a0A conversation with Rain Pryor Connecticut Jewish Ledger 2016-11-22 Cindy Mindell Rain Pryor was born and raised in Los Angeles, the daughter of comedian Richard Pryor and Shelley Bonis (later changed to Bonus), a Jewish go-go dancer. After her parents divorced, Pryor spent time with both grandmothers and in both cultures, forging […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,24,395,13743,3601,8,820],"tags":[25637,25636,14359],"class_list":["post-50442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-arts","category-autobiography","category-interviews","category-judaism","category-media-archive","category-religion","tag-cindy-mindell","tag-connecticut-jewish-ledger","tag-rain-pryor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50443,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50442\/revisions\/50443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}