My Thoughts on Dave Chappelle
He’s my favorite comedian of all time but he’s guilty of the same thing that caused him to leave “Chappelle Show.”
*This is not a critique, review, or analysis of his latest special. I’m speaking directly about the comments I’ve heard ABOUT the special in the context of Dave’s most recent comedic output*
Dave Chapelle is my favorite comedian of all time. He and Chris Rock were 1a and 1b…then Dave did his monologue about George Floyd and took the top spot.
I went to see Dave’s live show at the Hard Rock in Ft. Lauderdale in August. When I left the show, I thought to myself, “that’s not the Dave I remember from my early adulthood.”
In life, people change. I understood when Dave left Chappelle Show because he didn’t like how he felt White people responded to his comedy. It’s one thing to make jokes and think people are laughing WITH you. It’s a decidedly different thing to poke fun at Black things in White spaces then find out they’re laughing AT you.
I caught most of the feedback from people about his new special before I’d seen it. I opted out. The homie came by the crib and watched it in my living room while I was working in the living room. Which is to say, I didn’t watch the special but heard most of it in the…
