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Little Richard: I Am Everything

Intuitively, it doesn't reallyquite make sense that the way that you would, like,make...

Snyder: [laughs] Intuitively, it doesn't really
quite make sense that the way that you would, like,
make yourself more safe in America of that era is by exaggerating
your queerness, right?

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Snyder: [laughs]
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Intuitively, it doesn't really quite make sense that the way
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that you would, like, make yourself more safe
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in America of that era is by
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exaggerating your queerness, right?
Duration
13 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:38
Uploaded
Apr 19, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Bungalow Media + Entertainment,CNN Films,Rolling Stone Films

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Movie Summary

The life and career of Little Richard, the one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll icon who shaped the world of music.
I said, "Richard, aren't you afraid of, uh... - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:05
I said, "Richard, aren't you afraid of, uh...
People thinking that you're different?" - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:12
People thinking that you're different?"
Man: That two-beat pattern - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:10
Man: That two-beat pattern
A means by which the white man and his children - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:08
A means by which the white man and his children
"That red boy gonna come to town singing that Black music - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
"That red boy gonna come to town singing that Black mus...
This is a radical, radical time. - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
This is a radical, radical time.
[pensive music playing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
[pensive music playing]
Nyong'o: So what's revolutionary - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:16
Nyong'o: So what's revolutionary
Hendryx: I remember doing shows - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
Hendryx: I remember doing shows
You were driving a lot at night - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:13
You were driving a lot at night
Being run out of restaurants at gunpoint - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
Being run out of restaurants at gunpoint
Little Richard: I had the police take me off stage - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
Little Richard: I had the police take me off stage
They said, "You're singing nigger music to white kids." - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:14
They said, "You're singing nigger music to white k...
This is before the height of the civil rights movement - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
This is before the height of the civil rights movement
They are concerned that the old order of the day, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:11
They are concerned that the old order of the day,
♪ If she walks by the men folks get engrossed ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
♪ If she walks by the men folks get engrossed ♪
The Girl Can't Help It was the very first time - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
The Girl Can't Help It was the very first time
♪ Ready, set, go, man, go ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:13
♪ Ready, set, go, man, go ♪
And Little Richard's mustache I wear to this day - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:09
And Little Richard's mustache I wear to this day
And soThe Girl Can't Help It spread the word - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:09
And soThe Girl Can't Help It spread the word