Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-5643552-20150313132709/@comment-26276603-20150404162312

Raidra wrote: Here’s another story I don’t like (and I don’t know why I didn’t think of it earlier)- “Richard Pryor”. It’s in the Historical Archive, but I could swear it was removed from the site at one point. Here’s what I posted in the comments section. “Was this deleted from the site at one point? I ask because I read it and sometime later, when I tried to go back to comment on it, I couldn't find it (Don't ask why I didn't comment on it when I first read it because I honestly don't remember). In any case, I'm glad I'm not the only one with a low opinion of this. Whoever wrote it tried way too hard, especially at the end. If done differently this could have been a good psychological horror tale, a subtle yet effective tale channeling people's fear of aging, fear of disease, fear of losing oneself/one's mind, etc. Instead it's a confusing tale that tries too hard to be scary, or shocking, or whatever. Also, I don't like the part claiming that he had people beaten to death for taking pictures. Did this writer ever consider that Richard Pryor was an actual person whose surviving relatives would be offended by this?”

I remembered reading that same pasta, and I didn't even finish it. It gave me a creepy but unsatisfying feeling about the guy. I didn't know Richard Pryor back then so when I watched him for the first time, I didn't know how to feel. I don't even remember the plot of the story, all I remember was me thinking "How on earth did the writer of this pasta come up with that?"