Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor show their pure comic genius in this offbeat comedy / drama that reflects Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest in many ways. Hitchcock loved having scenes of his movie take place on trains: Blackmail, Stranger on a Train, Shadow of a Doubt, etc. In Silver Streak, Wilder takes the place of Cary Grant as the hero as well as the comic relief. Pryor is pure laughter. From his first appearance in the movie to his very last, you can't help but laugh. The bathroom scene when Pryor attempts to make Wilder a "black man" in order to have him get by the police is one of the funniest scenes in cinema. It is not reverse racism, but reality. The scene helps us to make fun of ourselves and to remind us that it's only color.
Review of Silver Streak
