This was Punching Down for 1 Hour ft Dave Chapelle. Felt pretty tasteless from beginning to end.
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Dave Chappelle Netflix Standup Trailer: Sticks & Stones (narrated by God)
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Yeah I was waiting for him to go deeper there like he often does, the importance of mental health injected with his impeccable humor and way of approaching it. But nothing.
As someone who loved everything he released so far (bar some jokes from the last one) this fell flat completely. As a Dave fan, i'm a bit devastated to see my GOAT comedian take this route. Wasn't even funny as well.
I don't mind if a comedian is offensive, Dave usually injects thought and humor into it like few others. This was offensive for the sake of being offensive.
And when he scolded the audience by imitating them in a insulting way, generalizing everyone as that type of person.
yea when i saw this i thought damn it Dave is old. because thats usually the type of people that make these type of jokes. the whole first half wasn't very good because of this imo. just offensive because he doesn't get it. the Dave from Chappelle show, or even from his earlier specials would have had better commentary and humor on these subjects. now he just sounds like every other old person who's mad they can't say what they want without consequence and worried someone will bring something up from their past they might have to answer for.
I haven't watched it yet and I think Chappelle is a genius, but LOOK OUT!!! NOT FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED!!! is usually a guarantee that something won't be funny.
Hmm, at least for me, there's just the trailer under "Trailers & More."
Edit: It shows up when I login from Firefox, but not on the phone app.
"politically incorrect" has very different meanings depending on who says it.
Politically Incorrect:
Hannibal Buress putting Cosby on blast and calling him a rapist.
"Politically Incorrect":
Trump calling most immigrants rapists and murderers.
If Chappelle's give-no-fucks political incorrectness has no component to it that serves some greater purpose then it falls into the bastardized phrase's category.
Next month man!
If it's as good as his touring show, it's going to be amazing.
Chappelle's show was not as good as the previous ones but still great standup.
Epilogue was a nice touch.
Yeah, it's supposed to lead into ~22 min Q&A session titled "Epilogue: The Punchline"; it did it automatically for me following the credits. Looks like it can be found in the Trailers & More tab under the trailer for the special, at least that is how it is on my phone.
are Burr's specials going up on netflix too, or is he a comedy central or HBO guy?
As someone who has always held Dave to a high standard and loved his previous specials, this one just ain't it. Disappointed as hell and turned it off halfway through.
Just seems like him completely going into defensive about people being critical of him. Usually his mean-spirited bits have a greater point, and some of them here even still do (like his standards and practices bit), but most of it just seems like him being a dick with no greater point. The audience reaction felt downright uncomfortable at certain points, as sometimes it seems like they are laughing because they feel like they should and then there's times where they just seem uneasy.
Just seems like him completely going into defensive about people being critical of him. Usually his mean-spirited bits have a greater point, and some of them here even still do (like his standards and practices bit), but most of it just seems like him being a dick with no greater point. The audience reaction felt downright uncomfortable at certain points, as sometimes it seems like they are laughing because they feel like they should and then there's times where they just seem uneasy.
These shows are really getting the people out of the wetwork who miss the times when they could easily and safely voice their love for transphobic and similiar comedy, eh?
Like, at least try to explain why you think that this, espcially, was his "best show yet". I'd love to hear the argument for that.
Like, at least try to explain why you think that this, espcially, was his "best show yet". I'd love to hear the argument for that.
It's rather encouraging to see that politically incorrect and 'offensive' comedy is not dead, and in fact is front-and-center and being promoted by outfits as large as Netflix. Patrice Oneal said it best - comedians should be left to be comedians. If they make a joke and it's not funny, that's on them and they made a mistake. And they will absolutely eat shit for it on stage. But they should be allowed to make the attempt. It's all about the construction of the joke and the delivery. It's an art, a craft, and I love it.
Yeah I watched all of Burt's Netflix content. "Arnold Schwarzenegger is a great man!" is still one of my favourite bits.
Watched Chappelle's two weeks ago, gonna have to watch this one.
Watched Chappelle's two weeks ago, gonna have to watch this one.
Gonna rewatch it tonight when the wife gets home. Seems a pretty even split on Era; I was expecting far more of the board to have noped out after the first 15 minutes.
The man makes stand up look effortless. When you're so good that it doesn't even look like you're working, that's impressive.
The man makes stand up look effortless. When you're so good that it doesn't even look like you're working, that's impressive.
I haven't watched it yet and probably won't but all the comments here certainly align with his attitude depicted in the edgy trailer.
This might be his weakest special. Can't really explain why. Half the jokes seem kinda underwritten.
some bits were funny but yeah more hit than miss
Feeling the same way.
This was the worst one so far.
I was waiting for follow ups of compassion but when none came it just sounded like an old man ranting lol
Feeling the same way.
This was the worst one so far.
I was waiting for follow ups of compassion but when none came it just sounded like an old man ranting lol
Really disappointing special. Until the last 12 minutes (which I found hilarious), the special just felt like an attack on people/social groups for their reactions at the last special/"Outrage culture is getting out of hand" response and I only found myself laughing a handful of times.
Special was weak as hell.
Going out of your way to say your special is politically incorrect is corny as fuck. Dude might as well have called it "triggered" but that title was already taken by Joe Rogan.
oh what the hell. thanks for the heads up. will check it out
Everyone watch the Epilogue QA
Hilarious and deeper compliment to all of it. Funnier than the special tbh lmaoooo
not sure why they separated the two
Hilarious and deeper compliment to all of it. Funnier than the special tbh lmaoooo
not sure why they separated the two
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It was great, really good!
It kind of remind me a bit of Aziz as well.
It's another racially discriminated dude calling out discrepancies and false equivalence on the left and why it can't move forward.
Same thing has been said in black communities and exemplify why blacks are feeling that the left will always fail them, that even if is fighting the right, still always in favor of white supremacy, just another side of the coin.
Edit: And blacks that feel this way are not wrong, that's exactly what happens with the left. I feel more like that everyday, and most of my friends as well.
Basically, why Trump still winning.
It kind of remind me a bit of Aziz as well.
It's another racially discriminated dude calling out discrepancies and false equivalence on the left and why it can't move forward.
Same thing has been said in black communities and exemplify why blacks are feeling that the left will always fail them, that even if is fighting the right, still always in favor of white supremacy, just another side of the coin.
Edit: And blacks that feel this way are not wrong, that's exactly what happens with the left. I feel more like that everyday, and most of my friends as well.
Basically, why Trump still winning.
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Watched the special and the q&a
It's definitely as funny as usual, but it's way less deep
We have never seen a Dave like this. At the time of the Chapelle Show we had a Dave entertainer first and society criticiser second. Then in his comeback he had maturate, it was a deep Dave, "philosopher" first and entertainer next.
But today we had something entirely new, we had Chapelle provocateur, he just dived in controversies without expanding anything. I understand what he was trying to do, his second impression was a clear message, but after the 4 special it came out as weak.
I hope he goes back to deep Chapelle, if he is ever going to release a new special
It's definitely as funny as usual, but it's way less deep
We have never seen a Dave like this. At the time of the Chapelle Show we had a Dave entertainer first and society criticiser second. Then in his comeback he had maturate, it was a deep Dave, "philosopher" first and entertainer next.
But today we had something entirely new, we had Chapelle provocateur, he just dived in controversies without expanding anything. I understand what he was trying to do, his second impression was a clear message, but after the 4 special it came out as weak.
I hope he goes back to deep Chapelle, if he is ever going to release a new special
I thought this was pretty damn funny.
that's how I saw it, and he explicitly states so about 3/4s in.
As a B I have to admit, even though the show was not super deep, the LGBTQ metaphor was on point
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That's fine to call out false equivalencies, but his comedy lacks the punch it once had because he has largely abandoned the empathy he used to inject into his comedy. Which at times gave it a social gravity almost no comedians can ever reach.
The special was fine, it had its moments. None nearly as good as the height of his previous specials. The jokes mostly get like jokes you hear from comedians their first month or so workshopping new material for a special they have 8 months away. Still, he remains the most effortless comedian and it's a testament that even a half-baked Chappelle special is better than 90% of what's out there.
But it is largely mean-spirited, intellectually conservative(not in the political sense but in the cultural sense of someone that is stuck in a way about the past and rather come up with ways to rationalize behavior and thinking he doesn't want to change than actually critically think and self-critique), and often in calling out hypocrisy he misses his own. Which to me is a sign that Dave has, unfortunately, somewhat lost that magic he had to be a really interesting contemporaneous comedic voice on social issues.
There is this deep desire for him as a straight man to keep normalized transphobic humor, viewpoints, and feelings he felt comfortable using or having 10-20 years ago, which's sucks a lot of the energy out of his stand up now. Because a lot of it is just old guy unwilling to change trying to persuade everyone to remain as closed-minded as he wants to stay. It's like Bill Burr without knowing it's partially a schtick and only really focusing in on all the social justice fights he couldn't be bothered to care about.
It's a guy that today can't see the irony and contradiction in him calling out white people for Kaepernick kneeling, as he tells trans people and woman to metaphorically get off their knees and learn how to protest better because it's pissing the establishment off and their to blame for backlash. He's the guy a younger Chappelle growing up in this era would mock.
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