Protests over Dave Chappelle's Comedy Special

[DaShuckster]

Dave Chappelle's controversial special spurs 100 people to protest at Netflix walkout

The scheduled walkout was planned by Netflix employees seeking to highlight their objections to the comedy special and the company's handling of it.

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I find the controversy surrounding Dave Chappelle's latest Netflix special, The Closer, ultra-reactionary. Anyone who actually watched the whole show rather than cherry-pick jokes knows that he's not anti-transgender anymore than he's anti-every-other-group-he-routinely-makes-fun-of. News flash people: making fun of people is what professional comedians do.

Admittedly, I'm a big Dave Chappelle fan so I'm not neutral in this debate but what burns me up about these protests is that the people doing the protesting clearly didn't pay attention to Chappelle's message. If this board is any indication, there's A LOT OF HATE for the LGBTQ community (and weirdly, fear too). But humor is the antidote, it's the way we humanize everybody. Maybe it's just me because humor is the way my family shows affection for one another, but it's never mean-spirited. And Chappelle's wasn't either. I am well-aware of the high rate of suicide among transgendered teens but the situation isn't helped by acting like their stories are somehow off-limits to comedy. IMHO, that makes matters worse, not better.

We live in an age where 'making enemies' is apparently the name of the game. But we don't need to create new ones where they don't exist.

 

[DaShuckster]

Where is this hate on the board?

What wuz I thinking???!?!? Certainly no trans hate here. *

He spent 30 mins making fun of gays and feminists.

DUH, he's a comedian for crying out loud!!!!

I've also heard him make fun of his white rural neighbors, drug addicts, black 'brothers', his son, Jesse Smollett, and himself as a gun owner.

 

[fried-chicken]

Chapelle isn't canceled at all. He is paid 15M per comedy special on Netflix. Y'all need to realize that just because some people get mad doesn't mean anyone is canceled or censored. People are allowed to disagree with what he says.

 

[KnighttimeJoe]

I often wonder how George Carlin would have fared with today's fragile and snowflake youth. For him, he would have had a field day with all of the unhinged twits out there who cry at the drop of a hat. But I imagine it would have come with a tremendous cost in the court of public opinion.

 

[DaShuckster]

Chapelle isn't canceled at all. He is paid 15M per comedy special on Netflix. Y'all need to realize that just because some people get mad doesn't mean anyone is canceled or censored. People are allowed to disagree with what he says.

Actually, controversy usually means more eyeballs on a show. I like this one but I didn't think it was as good as his Sticks and Stones show.

PS: Bill Burr is a great comedian AND a damn good actor -- he was fantastic in his episode of The Mandalorian last year.

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

I often wonder how George Carlin would have fared with today's fragile and snowflake youth. For him, he would have had a field day with all of the unhinged twits out there who cry at the drop of a hat. But I imagine it would have come with a tremendous cost in the court of public opinion.

George Carlin would be a SUPER PROGRESSIVE if he were still alive

 

[goodknightfl]

quite frankly I could care less, it is a comedy show. Almost all comedy pokes fun at some one, or group. I don't care if comedians lean right or left, and if they hurt peoples feelings, It is comedy. Blazing saddles movie was perfect example, they said and did things the couldn't today, some would call it racist, but they were actually pointing fingers at racist and making them look stupid.

 

[Nautiknight]

Don't like it. Don't watch it. Freedom of speech means we protect the speech that offends us and makes us uncomfortable. Its easy to stand up for speech which is acceptable.

I am old school. watch any comedy from the 70s and early 80s and somebody will be offended. It was no holds barred back then it didn't matter if you were Christian or Jewish, gay or straight or black or white and comics made fun of you. Richard Pryor ,Eddie Murphy, and others were raunchy and rude. Blazing Saddles was totally un-woke and funny as hell. I say the more woke you are the worse your sense of humor is. 😆.