“It will be decades before you ever see someone in my genre as proficient as me. I am a maybe once-in-a-lifetime talent.”
among Netflix staff who accused the comic of transphobia and denounced the company for continuing to provide him a platform. It also led to a significant push-and-pull related to this very special. I mean, speech.as taped that Chappelle turned down the honor of having a new performance venue named after him at his old school. After delays and some public head-scratching, all parties have agreed to dub the auditorium the Theatre for Artistic Freedom & Expression.
by many students. Never one to shy away from an argument, the comic tussled a bit with his hecklers. To some of the angry teens he said “I’m better than every instrumentalist, artist, no matter what art you do in this school, right now, I’m better than all of you. I’m sure that will change. I’m sure you’ll be household names soon.”runs 40 minutes, and includes stories from the 48-year-old's days at the D.C.
“These kids said everything about gender and this, that, and the other, but they didn’t say anything about art,” he sighed, referring to the previous encounter at Duke Ellington. Citing a worry about the flattening of nuance, he referred to the backlash about his trans jokes as similar to “reading a newspaper and it said, ‘Man shot in the face by a six-foot rabbit, expected to survive,’ and you say ‘Oh my God!’ but they never tell you it’s a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
He also suggested that the teens surely did not come up with their anti-Chappelle opinions on their own, that “those talking points coming out of those children’s faces” which “really hurt” the comic, were parroted from elsewhere. He also compared the
Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.
Netflix Drops 40-Minute Video of Dave Chappelle Lecturing High School KidsWhat’s in a Name? captures the controversial comedian’s moralizing speech at his former high school, where students protested the decision to name the theater after him
Les mer »
Netflix Releases Another Dave Chappelle Special—Despite Past Employee Protests'The more you say I can't say something, the more urgent it is for me to say it.' Dave Chappelle sounds off on objections to his stand-up material in new Netflix special.
Les mer »
Dave Chappelle’s ‘What’s In A Name’ Quietly Drops On Netflix, Taken From School SpeechIt’s not a new comedy special. But Netflix continues to ride the Dave Chappelle train, quietly releasing What’s In A Name, a chronicle of a speech Chappelle gave in June at a naming ceremony …
Les mer »
Dave Chappelle Blasts Woke Teens over Trans Jokes: 'The More You Say I Can’t Say Something, the More Urgent It Is for Me to Say It'Comedian Dave Chappelle is refusing to submit to the woke high school students who decried his last comedy special The Closer as transphobic and anti-LGBTQ, saying the more they try to silence him, the more determined he will be to speak out.
Les mer »
Netflix Releases Dave Chappelle’s Speech Slamming Transphobic Joke Critics at Alma MaterA new release from Dave Chappelle titled “What’s in a Name?” dropped on Netflix Thursday, consisting of a speech in which the comedian addresses the backlash he’s faced for …
Les mer »
Netflix releases Dave Chappelle's speech slamming transphobic joke criticsDave Chappelle defends himself from the backlash he's faced regarding transphobic jokes in his new release 'What's in a Name,' saying those who objected weren't looking at the special's 'artistic nuance.' - NBCOUT
Les mer »