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Dave Chappelle fills Netflix special with jokes about trans and disabled people
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2024
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I'm shocked that Dave Chappelle not only went down this route but has doubled down, especially since he walked from his own show nineteen years ago due in part to the negative racial stereotypes being pushed by the show's execs and the lack of creative control Comedy Central gave him.
And I'm more shocked that Netflix thought it was wise to release another special filled with transphobic drivel, especially since the last one generated so much negative press for them.
If you actually watch it he's not transphobic in it at all
Idk what this article is talking about
The pasted quotations in another thread seem to suggest otherwise.
You're shocked that he did a thing that was incredibly successful and then doubles down on that success? Your being shocked feeds into that success.
do you have stats on these netflix shows? Are they at all successful?
This is of his previous Netflix special: https://tvline.com/ratings/tv-ratings-dave-chappelle-the-closer-nielsen-top-10-streaming-1234739959/
Also, I don't think Netflix would buy another show with almost identical premise if it didn't piss money.
He walked because he had a mental breakdown...
In his own words a white crew guy laughed at a comedy skit they were filming. Lots of white people watched his show and laughed at the skits
Dave got famous real quick. He played a likable character in Half Baked and next thing you know he was a household name with a giant TV show.
No one really knew anything about what kind of person he was, good chance he was always shitty.
his jokes were always heavily "black people be like this, white people be like that" so he was always a bit overrated. It just sucks he learned so little from his experiences.
He’s a bought-and-paid-for sellout. Always was. He just never had anyone show him where the money was.