Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special premiered on Netflix Sunday. In the opening of this one he tells a story about meeting one of his comedic heroes, Jim Carrey, well sort of.
Live your life so as not to be a punchline.
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Naturally, that is setting people in the media off again. Here’s Variety:
Maybe it’s time for Dave Chappelle to try some new material.
The comedian’s newest special, “The Dreamer,” debuted on Netflix on Dec. 31, and largely focuses on his early years in entertainment and how he manifested his success. But he floods the first 12 minutes of the set revisiting his favorite target in recent years: Transgender people.
And Rolling Stone isn’t mad just disappointed:
It’s unfortunate that Chappelle’s The Dreamer is, like some of his prior Netflix specials, obsessively…
