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Dave Chappelle announces he's a TERF
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Do what I did - Downvote. It's the only thing you can do, besides unsubscribing.
Been thinking about this a lot today and man, this sucks. Like goddamn I hate that it's him. He has so many influential folks in his circle who will never call him out on this shit, certainly not publicly. Not one person needed this shit right now.
I thought I could avoid this since I don't have Netflix, but the guys who spend all day hanging out in front of the building across the street have starting blasting Chappelle's special and now it's on this transphobic shit, and they're laughing their ass off. I'm probably going to have to leave the fan on for a while to drown it out.
I did.
I am using my ex's account so I don't give Netflix money, which is a mild comfort.
Desus and Mero aka the Bodega Boys. Don't do stand up but they got a podcast and late night Showtime show (formerly Viceland)
Stewart Lee is quite possibly the greatest comedian ever. An absolute master.
If you want/need something to wash your mind of this bigoted nonsense by Chappelle, I would highly recommend you go watch both Hannah Gadsby specials immediately.
They're both also on Netflix.
They're both also on Netflix.
This is what i did. He's disgusting and disappointed Netflix even supports him.
Fuck Dave. Used to enjoy his stuff but guess he's gotten so big and full of himself the only direction he wants to punch is down. e_e Glad I haven't given a single look to his Netflix stuff.
To lose respect for both Louie and Dave because of their pride, toxicity and stupidity is truly tragic.
I wish Netflix would say shit about him, but they won't. Don't want to scare off their cash cow, but he'd just run off to HBO or somewhere and do a special there.
This. Really hoping Netflix picks him up now that the BBC appears to be going off the deep end (according to that other thread, as an American ignorant of British politics).
I really want to send this to a cop I know who liked this last standup of Dave's.
You can downvote on Netflix? I only ever watch on Apple TV and PS4, is it possible to do that on those platforms?
nah he didn't. he explained in another special that he voted for Clinton and that it felt terrible doing so.
I'm watching it right now, main issue I have about it is that it was not that funny. A chuckle here and there but really below what he is able to do.
He tried to be clever about it but... yeah he sounds out of touch with reality. And for someone who said he doesn't care that he lost 50 million from the Comedy central thing he can't stop flexing that he is rich.
He still makes good points for the black community, but he is clearly out of his depht when it comes to trans issues. It's a hard concept to grasp since we are teached since young that we are either male or female, it's one of that stuff that is kinda teached like how the earth is round. He is clearly wrong in this one.
Shame, really.
He tried to be clever about it but... yeah he sounds out of touch with reality. And for someone who said he doesn't care that he lost 50 million from the Comedy central thing he can't stop flexing that he is rich.
He still makes good points for the black community, but he is clearly out of his depht when it comes to trans issues. It's a hard concept to grasp since we are teached since young that we are either male or female, it's one of that stuff that is kinda teached like how the earth is round. He is clearly wrong in this one.
Shame, really.
The biggest shame of it to me was he said his overarching reason for all the shit he spewed was because he had a problem with white people. Look at all the events he could have drawn from since his last special to illustrate the stupidity, hypocrisy, and evilness of many whites. Covid, vaccines, Jan 6th, George Floyd and the reaction to it, Qanon etc etc. But instead he focused on the LGBTQ community because they dared to criticize him. Imagine being so stupid that you think the best way to go after whites is to attack trans people.
Yeah it sucks he keeps playing the victim card when he got rich and succesful in the system. He says the trans community is punching down on him, when that is not really the case.
The special had some awkward edits in a few places but they covered it up with some skillful audio editing. Wonder if they had to cut some of the more offensive lines to quell the reaction as they knew people were going to be up in arms over the content.
Yeah, after his 'break' he came back a bitter, cynical, out of touch asshole who focuses more on being shitty to other humans than pretending to even try to be funny anymore, and has been repeatedly rewarded for it by Netflix and others. If you go back and watch some of his old stuff, it wasn't like this. He was genuinely funny.
Let's be real, Dave's ego is sky high. Dude has a fat fucking bag from Netflix and did all the specials he was contracted to do with Netflix. Hence his, "this will be me last special for a while" dude is probably gonna disappear and when he comes back streaming services are gonna be bidding for him again. Most likely Netflix unless enough of an uproar can stop that.
He has a podcast and completed that, and now he put this special out as a fuck you for people challenging him and telling him he's wrong.
He's buddy buddy with so many powerful people in entertainment all while no longer being beholden or obligated to any major network. This is a fat middle finger to the people he's hurt and it's exactly why i loathe hate celebrity culture. It's just a giant click of rich famous people backing up each other. Only way i see this changing is if enough people cancel their Netflix and i don't see that happening. Maybe if enough big names spoke up but i don't see that happening either. The trans woman that was a writer on Dear White People won't be enough.
One thing I hate about this whole controversy is how many people clamor to stress how "not offended" they are before going "the jokes weren't funny and went too far". The guy can point-blank say that he's bigoted but folk still feel the need to add a disclaimer, its so wack lol
If you are referring to thumbs up/thumbs down thing, it is not actually a voting system that Netflix monitors for quality or feedback, it just determines your recommended content.
Unsubscribing and telling them why would be the only thing that would actually communicate feedback.
If you watched any the prior specials this isn't surprising
And even among progressive and feminists , terf leanings aren't a minority (speaking anecdotally)
Expecting famous people or peers to condemn is a pipe dream , good majority like him and/or agree with him
And even among progressive and feminists , terf leanings aren't a minority (speaking anecdotally)
Expecting famous people or peers to condemn is a pipe dream , good majority like him and/or agree with him
Yup, the Netflix co-CEO pretty much says that in the internal e-mail.
Translated: It makes us money, fuck you.
Watched it last night... never have I been so silent during one of his specials. It's like he's so close yet so far. Just don't get it.
Who gets suspended for trying to attend a meeting you weren't invited to? Good timing there...
Who gets suspended for trying to attend a meeting you weren't invited to? Good timing there...
Nobody finds "the art of standup" to be mean spirited. This particular standup is the issue.
It's maddening because a genius like Chappelle could joke about a million other topics and tear the house down every time. It's intentional cruelty at this point.
I'm guessing he means that we already knew Chapelle was transphobic and if he calls himself a TERF then the only new info here is him labeling himself as a feminist of any kind.
Could he tho? Genius tho.....?
I'm tired of awarding cis straight men just for showing up. If the "I'm Rick James Bitch!" guy is such a genius who could do so much, he's had plenty of time to show it.
This is his crutch at this point, Because Dave Chapelle, if nothing else, has always been attracted to low hanging fruit.
I didn't mean to sound complimentary to the point of overshadowing his hateful bullshit. I'm sorry.
Lord Jesus I need to turn my tone down in this thread. Second time someone's felt the need to apologize to me. 😟
You ain't got nothing to be sorry for. ❤️