“If this is what being canceled is about, I love it,” said Dave Chappelle tonight to a cheering and sold-out Hollywood Bowl crowd after a screening of his documentary about the comic summer camp he put on last year in his Ohio hometown.
“I don’t know what to tell you, except I’m a bad motherf*cker,” the suited and sneakered Mark Twain Prize winner added to big laughs from the crowd.
While “cancel culture” took a bruising in a number of comments from Chappelle and others in what was a clear victory lap for the comedian on Thursday, the celebrating man himself was not in a mood to really get in a brawl with anyone — critics or otherwise.
“This is the kindness conspiracy,” Chappelle told the more than 18,000-strong audience.
Taking aim at corporations and the government in some very, very brief remarks, the man raised by an...
“I don’t know what to tell you, except I’m a bad motherf*cker,” the suited and sneakered Mark Twain Prize winner added to big laughs from the crowd.
While “cancel culture” took a bruising in a number of comments from Chappelle and others in what was a clear victory lap for the comedian on Thursday, the celebrating man himself was not in a mood to really get in a brawl with anyone — critics or otherwise.
“This is the kindness conspiracy,” Chappelle told the more than 18,000-strong audience.
Taking aim at corporations and the government in some very, very brief remarks, the man raised by an...
- 10/8/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Dave Chappelle has announced his sixth Netflix special, “The Closer,” which is set to hit the streaming platform on Oct. 5. In a press release, Netflix hinted that this would be the end of his cycle of Netflix specials, saying, “This stand-up special completes a body of work which includes: ‘The Age of Spin,’ ‘Deep in the Heart of Texas,’ ‘Equanimity,’ ‘The Bird Revelation’ and ‘Sticks & Stones.'”
“Comedians have a responsibility to speak recklessly,” Chappelle says at the opening of the trailer, returning to a topic he has visited frequently in his recent standup. “Sometimes the funniest thing to say is mean. Remember, I’m not saying it to be mean: I’m saying it because it’s funny.” The trailer then serves as a quick greatest-hits reel of the previous five specials.
Chappelle has stayed busy during the age of Covid-19, releasing a social commentary-filled YouTube special with Netflix...
“Comedians have a responsibility to speak recklessly,” Chappelle says at the opening of the trailer, returning to a topic he has visited frequently in his recent standup. “Sometimes the funniest thing to say is mean. Remember, I’m not saying it to be mean: I’m saying it because it’s funny.” The trailer then serves as a quick greatest-hits reel of the previous five specials.
Chappelle has stayed busy during the age of Covid-19, releasing a social commentary-filled YouTube special with Netflix...
- 9/29/2021
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
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