Rudy Ray Moore: The Signifying Monkey
One of the best to ever do it, a performer way before his time. If you listen carefully, you’ll hear his performance echo in modern comedy and storytelling.
Those of us that were fortunate enough to have parents with a raunchy sense of humor, are able to recall listening at the top of the stairs. Waiting for the roar of the jungle, so that you could back away to the safety of your room where you could hide your giggles.
I’m going to turn off the lights so only the flare of my menthol cigarette remains. Imagine that this speech is still taboo rather than commonplace in this time. Recall what it felt like to hear the forbidden. While having another glass of wine.
