英语词汇will it play in peoria的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Will it play in Peoria? The origin of the phrase is explained by author Mel Watkins in a New York Times obituary of come- dian Richard Pryor (1940–2005), who was born in Peoria. “I lived among an assortment of relatives, neighbors, whores, and winos,” Pryor once wrote, “people who inspired a lifetime of comedic material.” Wrote Watkins: “His parents and grand- mother ran a string of bars and bordellos that catered to a con- stant influx of transients who moved in and out of town which was such an important stop on the black and white vaudeville circuit that it inspired the expression, ‘Will it play in Peoria?’ ” See podunk.

词汇	will it play in peoria
词源	Will it play in Peoria? The origin of the phrase is explained by author Mel Watkins in a New York Times obituary of come- dian Richard Pryor (1940–2005), who was born in Peoria. “I lived among an assortment of relatives, neighbors, whores, and winos,” Pryor once wrote, “people who inspired a lifetime of comedic material.” Wrote Watkins: “His parents and grand- mother ran a string of bars and bordellos that catered to a con- stant influx of transients who moved in and out of town which was such an important stop on the black and white vaudeville circuit that it inspired the expression, ‘Will it play in Peoria?’ ” See podunk.
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