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‘Blue Collar’ (1978): when America built things, and Richard Pryor got good roles (video)

March 4, 2011 By Kathy Shaidle

A 1970s essential — and a very timely film for today: one of that decade’s darkly “funny” “normal people turn to crime because the economy is in the toilet and who the hell cares anymore anyhow?” movies, a la Fun with Dick and Jane (1977).

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