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    Richard Pryor Jr. goes drag for his stage show ‘Lipstick Goes on Last’

    Richard Pryor Jr. looks like his famous father. But he’s pursuing a much different path as a performer. “When my mother died and when my father died, I felt a release,” says Pryor Jr., who opens Saturday in “Lipstick Goes on Last,” in which he performs in drag. “I can breathe. It triggered something. If my mother was still alive, I know I wouldn’t be doing what I am doing. I would want to be around her. Things are devastating to you, but they are also a blessing.”