It's how you finish. That quote applies here so well to Dave's newest work, The Dreamer, as I opened it and began watching it liking Dave Chappelle the person, not so much the stand-up comedy of Dave Chappelle (much like how many of us rave the sitcom Seinfeld but do not care whatsoever for his stand-up material) as I much more strongly prefer the likes of Bill Burr and Jim Jeffries and Dave opened up targeting (yes, like a serious sometimes penalizing tackle in football) two specific groups, trans and handicap people which included some cheap, decent laughs but what Dave manages to do with his comedy is transcend it into a very real and relatable montra that everyone should be able to relate to: we all at one point had or have a dream and some of us are so fortunate to get to live it exactly the way we hoped and imagined and little did we know, what seemed like the perfect, impeccable life to one may literally just be the night of someone else's dream. If you have ever met a celebrity (I have met several from Bill Burr to Jon Jones to Post Malone and so forth), you imagine they are living their dream and their entire life is just that, the dream but they weren't born with it, they developed it through their life experiences and then worked to reach it or stumbled upon it. Well, Dave explains as a dreamer (picture anyone you admire or idolize who reached their pinnacle of success as they desired), you are still just a normal person and people fail to realize you help the dreamers reach the dream they dreamt and without you, their dreams never would have come true.
Review of Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer
Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer
(2023 TV Special)
It's now you start...
4 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers