Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix comedy special, “The Dreamer,” has sparked controversy and criticism for its jokes about the transgender community.
Media critics accused Chappelle of being fixated on mocking the trans community, with some labeling his material as tired and uninspired.
Despite backlash, some conservatives praised Chappelle for addressing controversial topics and not backing down. (Trending: Obama Judge Issues Shock Ruling Against Democrats)
The debate surrounding Chappelle’s comedy once again ignited discussions about free speech and the power of outrage in the modern era.
“I wanted to meet Jim Carrey and I had to pretend this n—- was Andy Kaufman all afternoon. And he was clearly Jim Carrey,” he said.
“I could look at him and I could see he was Jim Carrey. Anyway, I say all that to say that’s how trans people make me feel.”
“Dave Chappelle’s ‘The Dreamer’ Proves He’s Obsessed With Trans People,” Rolling Stone’s Marlow Stern wrote.
“It’s unfortunate that Chappelle’s The Dreamer is, like some of his prior Netflix specials, obsessively fixated on the trans community, because it’s not an area he particularly excels at, resorting to puerile premises and punchlines.”
“There are, of course, ways to artfully tell a trans joke — take Michelle Wolf’s recent Netflix special It’s Great to Be Here — but Chappelle is apparently incapable of having most of his bits extend beyond mocking genitalia or pronouns. It’s not just tired but uninspired,” he wrote.
“Maybe it’s time for Dave Chappelle to try some new material,” Variety editor William Earl said.
“Dave Chappelle’s New Netflix Special Proves He’s Learned Nothing,” the Daily Beast’s Sean L. McCarthy wrote.
“It feels so frustrating to sit and watch comedians with the stature of Chappelle and [Ricky] Gervais devote so much of their time and energy to bullying the LGBTQ+ community when they could be doing anything else on stage.”
“And then they have the temerity to question us, the audience, for not laughing with them,” he said.
“Bigots are already calling Chappelle ‘brave’ for repeating the same old trans myths,” BuzzFeed wrote.
“When you make fun of a community at a comedy show, that’s the highest form of inclusion there is. That’s true equality,” Jimmy Failla wrote.
“If you take one community and you put them off limits at some kiddie table, like, ‘Oh, you can’t make fun of these people,’ that’s not equality, that’s infantilizing them. That’s treating them like a lesser than.”
“And the whole point of comedy is that the people who patronize it, okay, they like and they appreciate the power of being able to laugh at ourselves and to laugh at each other and laugh at our differences,” Failla said.
“The reason Chappelle gets as much heat as he does is because we’ve kind of incentivized outrage in the modern era.”
“Getting mad at a comic usually means you’ll be rewarded like, ‘Hey, I’m upset, give me something.’ And the truth is, Chappelle is the greatest ally small-time comedians have because he’s the one big name comic who’s not shying away from the social pressure,” he said.
“Jokes only work when the audience finds a kernel of truth in what we’re saying. So when you watch this special, what’s noteworthy is not the attacks or the blowback. As people attack everything these days. It’s that he gets explosive laughter for the punchline because people see a lot of truth in what he’s saying,” Failla added.
“Liberals aren’t actually offended by Dave Chappelle’s comedy – they are just pretending to be offended for both clicks on the internet and to see what type of power they can wield over free speech and someone who is exponentially more famous than they will ever be,” comedian Tim Young said.
“If someone is so offended by someone else’s words, they could just not watch or listen to the words and walk away – but in this case, leftists are choosing to try to control someone else’s words by acting out – which if rewarded by silencing someone like Chappelle, would be terrible for both our culture and America as a whole,” he said.
“Free speech protects the speech we don’t like – and that’s a good thing.”
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