Dave Chappelle fills Netflix special with jokes about trans and disabled peoplelocked

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Dave Chappelle fills Netflix special with jokes about trans and disabled people
independent.co.uk

Dave Chappelle has released a new Netflix special, The Dreamer, which is full of jokes about the trans community and disabled people.

“I love punching down!” he tells the audience, in a one-hour show that landed on the streaming service today (31 December).

It’s his seventh special for Netflix and comes two years after his last one, the highly controversial release The Closer.

That programme was criticised for its relentless jokes about the trans community, and Chappelle revisits the topic in his new show.

He tells jokes about trans women in prison, and about trans people “pretending” to be somebody they are not.

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It's amazing how many snowflake comedians start crying about being cancelled and then go on to have numerous netflix specials about it. Almost like they were never actually cancelled in the first place but they learnt that if they said they were enough times, the terminally dim people who enjoy their material will pay money to see their bully fantasies played out on stage by an old rich guy.

'cancelled' is now simply "people were mean to me on shitter". Their right to express vile horseshit is obviously intact.

Same as it ever was. They always roll out these new words to convey their shock and disgust at the fact that they have to deal with the consequences of their actions.

This is as relevant as ever:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UHqma3rx-xI&t=160s

(James Acaster)

As seen in these very comments 😂

"Oh sure we can't joke on trans people but you get to swing at Dave Chappelle!?"

This is a good point. These jokes aren't just bad, they're boring. Why not just tell jokes about airline food?

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