Dave Chappelle fills Netflix special with jokes about trans and disabled peoplelocked
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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I'm not going to defend or attack him.
I would have to do half his routine for the context to work and I am not interested in doing that.
But just think, for a moment, about all the stupid shit boomers say, believe, and respond to, from just a headline. When they do it, you get frustrated and angry for them going off, half cocked, over nonsense.
Then realize, you are responding the same way. Not the same beliefs, mind you, but letting yourself get riled up about what someone else said about a third person.
Crap like this article is written solely for people to have an emotional response to it. They are monetarily motivated to do it. Revenue is driven by Internet traffic and ad clicks.
The reason data is so valuable is because they know what you react to. They see what generates that visceral response and then generate/tailor content because it drives viewers and clicks.
Take it a step further and you can see how it is used to generate political support and sales.
Don't let yourself get manipulated by an online article.
I am NOT telling you to like Dave Chappelle or that he's a good guy. I am telling you that the responses here, on this post are exactly why it is being done. Both his standup AND the way the article is written.
It's not about getting 'riled up about what someone else said about a third person'. You don't need to see a whole special or context to know transphobic or bigoted language when it's so prevalent. What he has said, whether he was joking or not, was already hurtful, and there is no quote or context that isn't him doubling down further.
I get what you are saying though and I agree, but I do think it's tough to not have any kind of emotional response when people are encouraging things that question your humanity or right to live.
The article itself doesn't even elaborate on the headline. It doesn't provide any real examples and just makes claims without allowing the reader any sort of useful information.