Dave Chappelle is laughing off recent attempts to “cancel” him

[Mr. HIND]

Dave Chappelle Shrugs Off Backlash: ‘If This Is What Being Canceled Is, I Love It’

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At an event, the comedian reportedly responded to criticism from LGBTQ advocates for making transphobic jokes. His audience cheered him on.


Dave Chappelle is laughing off recent attempts to “cancel” him.
Earlier this week, LGBTQ advocates condemned his transphobic and homophobic jokes and misconceptions in his new comedy special, “The Closer,”

which premiered on Netflix Tuesday. The National Black Justice Coalition, a civil rights advocacy group, even issued a statement on Wednesday urging the

streaming service to pull the special.

The “Chappelle Show” star reportedly responded to the controversy surrounding his Netflix special during a sold-out

event at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Thursday, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline report.
After a screening of his new film “Untitled: Dave Chappelle Documentary,” which follows the comic summer camp Chappelle put on last year in

his Ohio hometown, the 48-year-old comedian took the stage and received a standing ovation, according to THR.
“If this is what being canceled is like, I love it,” the performer said, according to the entertainment outlet.

The line about being canceled received “rapturous applause” from the audience, which included celebrities like

Brad Pitt, Tiffany Haddish, Donnell Rawlings and others, THR reported.

“I don’t know what to tell you, except I’m a bad motherfucker,” Chappelle added, receiving laughs from the crowd of 18,000, per Deadline.
At another point, the comedian reportedly criticized social media users and the press for asking him to comment on the backlash.
“Fuck Twitter. Fuck NBC News, ABC News, all these stupid-ass networks. I’m not talking to them. I’m talking to you.

This is real life,” Chappelle said, according to THR.

Yet the real-life consequences of Chappelle’s jokes in his latest comedy special are precisely what concern many LGBTQ advocates and trans women.
Chappelle defended offensive comments made by “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling during his special.

“Effectually she said gender was a fact, the trans community got mad as shit, they started calling her a TERF,” Chappelle said, referring to the acronym for “trans-exclusionary radical feminists,” whose views about gender are seen as anti-trans.
“I’m team TERF,” he added.

“Gender is a fact. Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on Earth. That is a fact,”

Chappelle said before comparing trans womens’ bodies to plant-based burger products.

Yet, Chappelle’s joke conflates gender and sex. Gender is “your own, internal, personal sense of being a man or a woman

(or as someone outside of that gender binary),” according to GLAAD, while sex typically refers to a person’s biological characteristics.

Aside from the National Black Justice Coalition, GLAAD also issued a statement saying the comedian’s “brand has become synonymous with

ridiculing trans people and other marginalized communities.”

Jaclyn Moore, executive producer of Netflix’s “Dear White People,” also announced on Twitter that she would no longer work for the streaming service.

(Though, after speaking out, she is now experiencing a backlash of her own.)

Other trans advocates, trans women and Netflix employees also spoke out against Chappelle’s jokes on social media.

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EDIT: THE VID WAS REMOVED BY SOME WHOM FELT IT VIOLATED SOME LAW OR SUCH. JUST SAID THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN REMOVED. And shame on you. not really shame on you.)

[IceWizard]

I just love Chappelle!!

He IS hilarious ... "Chappelle Show, Chappelle Show"

Ice

[Mr. HIND]

Me too broham. My mom who's 79 yrs. old forwarded that vid to me askin if I've ever seen Dave Chappelle...

[Apple]

I went to see Dave 4 times in the summer of 2020 in a field near his home in Yellow Springs, OH. Only 50 tickets for 2 seats each. Saw John Mayer, John Stewart, Sara Silverman, Darnell Rollins, and many more. I lost my Dad in April of 2020, during the peak of hysteria where I live. Going to see Chappelle and friends during the lockdowns was by far the best experiences of 2020, and it ment a lot to me at a time when I really needed something special. I have a ton of respect for what Chappelle stands up for, even when I disagree with him.

[Charon]

I am so sorry about the loss of your Dad. It is such an horrific experience. Glad you found comfort in comedy.

[Charon]

If you find another Chappelle video you can try to put it up Mr. Hind. It should take em at least a couple days to remove it. Probably copyright infringement.

[TrayGold]

This is from last Saturday's SNL when he hosted.  Apparently he went "rogue" and this wasn't the opening he did in dress rehersals.

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[Charon]

Not bad though. thank you Ms. Tray.

[happyvibe]

@apple. I’m so sorry you lost your father. I’m glad that you were able to find some moments to laugh through Dave’s comedy. I’m only half Jewish and I was not at all offended by his SNL monologue. I think people fail to realize that he has always been very vocal about not liking when people bully others into staying quiet and submission And he goes after everyone. Asian black Puerto Rican Jewish, white u name it.

[Apple]

@apple.  I’m so sorry you lost your father. I’m glad that you were able to find some moments to laugh through Dave’s comedy.  I’m only half Jewish and I was not at all offended by his SNL monologue. I think people fail to realize that he has always been very vocal about not liking when people bully others into staying quiet and submission And he goes after everyone. Asian black Puerto Rican Jewish, white  u name it.

 Thanks happyvibe. I think a lot of people just want to hear Jimmy Kimmel do a silly monolog and not get uncomfortable with comedy like Bruce, Carlin, and Chappelle. Sometimes their jokes might hit close to home.