Saturday, October 9, 2021

How do you kill that which cannot be cancelled?

So the big hot button topic in the news recently is the "outrage" over Dave Chappelle's latest Netflix special. Every time one is released, it seems to me that Netflix is the one that starts to manufacture the so called "outrage" as a marketing ploy to increase the viewership.  But, even with manufactured outrage comes people who are duped and actually believe the outrage and start fighting over it. Actually, mecharandom42 has a pretty good opinion on that, which sums up my own.

I am of the opinion that Dave Chappelle is one of, if not the best comic of our generation outright. I can understand if people don't like him, as some of his humor can be more crass or vulgar than even I can enjoy sometimes. However, I can't deny that he is not only incredibly funny, but has earned his reputation as one of the best comics around. Why? Because the man is not only riotously funny, but he hates political correctness, and intentionally makes his jokes revolve around topics that are hot-button issues, that are divisive, controversial, and even political in nature, then manages to get people on both sides of the issue to laugh about it. Then goes on to that every single time he performs.

It's obvious that he is on the other side of the political spectrum than I, but I can appreciate that he not only doesn't want to shove it down his audience's throat, but he goes out of his way to construct his jokes so everyone can laugh, and thus not restrict his future audience. Also, he does seem to like to do things to try to help the world become a better place, as well as seeming like a genuinely live and let live personality, to all he comes across. He's specifically stated he wants to help people come together not only through his comedy, but with all of the charity he does. I wouldn't say he's a class act, but he's certainly seems like a genuinely good guy.

So, I've only gotten about halfway through his new special, but what I saw so far, I loved. I'm going back to finishing it, and I'll share one of my favorite older bit of his with you here. Also, since it's now the weekend and you're hopefully either off work or soon to be off of work, so:



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