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[–] 52 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Young Dave Chappelle was the greatest comedian of all time and I’ll die on this hill.

He still has some sparks of brilliance here and there. But fuck. Yeah. The meme is accurate.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I don't get how his bit about him supporting trans people turned him into what he is now.

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Ooh! I can answer this! He made a joke about someone in his life that was trans. It hit the media that he was doing jokes about trans people. So he tried to explain how he wasn't transphobic by telling a bunch of actual transphobic jokes, which was certainly a choice that was made. That turned a lot of people off, so he followed the laughs.

    The first "new" Chappelle special is wonderful! No more offensive to any one group than any other. His follow up was mostly good, but some cringing at some bad takes. Clips thereafter are pretty.... Well, you see what thread we are in. πŸ™ƒ

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago*

    Young Dave Chappelle was the greatest comedian of all time

    He still has some sparks of brilliance here and there.

    Chappelle saw an underfilled market for a kind-of Chris Rock "what white people think black people sound like" comic material and crammed himself into the role.

    Then he saw an underfilled market for a Bill Cosby "what older white people want to hear black people complain about" comic material and crammed himself into that role.

    And now he sounds like a cringe mix of Chris Rock meets Bill Cosby, which is exactly what Trad MAGA gooners will pay out the nose to see.

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