Dave Chappelle‘s new Netflix particular is extra of the identical in phrases of concentrating on transgender folks — however he is increasing his attain on marginalized folks, roping in disabled people too.
In his new present, “The Dreamer,” DC comes out swinging proper out the gate to joke about trans folks once more … this time telling an elaborate story about assembly Jim Carrey on the set of “Man on the Moon” and explaining how that reminded him of trans folks at this time.
You’ll have to observe the particular to see how he connects the dots — however mainly, he sees parallels in the very-committed pretending Jim did in that film and the trans neighborhood.
That was the primary massive joke Dave instructed, and whereas he promised to cease speaking about trans people proper after … he then proceeded to make much more cracks about them all through the remainder of “The Dreamer.” He joked about writing a play a couple of trans girl whose pronoun was “n****” and who dies of loneliness as a result of white liberals do not know the way to discuss to her.
He then went on to say that if he ever acquired incarcerated, he’d hope it might be in California — the place he may establish as a girl and be imprisoned with females … the place he then mentioned he’d make different inmates “suck this girl dick I got,” with out having to elucidate himself.
That was the gist of his trans jokes … however he additionally jabbed at folks with disabilities — together with a crack at ex-Congressman Madison Cawthorn — and mentioned he’d begin making enjoyable of them as a result of “they’re not as organized as the gays” and he loves “punching down.”
There was much more materials, after all … together with his ideas on the entire Will Smith/Chris Rock Oscars slap — however all of that felt fairly tame in comparison with these items.
Dave even name-dropped Lil Nas X towards the tip of his hour-long set — saying LNX confronted him for not being in a music video of his … to which Dave ended up pondering one thing to the impact of … out of all the youngsters in college who had a dream, Lil Nas X needed to be the gayest homosexual in the world, slide a stripper pole in hell and suck the satan’s d***.
Indeed, it sounds fairly inflammatory — nevertheless it appears Dave was juxtaposing Nas X’s “dream” along with his personal … which is kinda the operating theme of this particular, which you could make it massive.
While the anti-trans jokes do sound unhealthy, they do not seem like kicking up the identical firestorm his 2021 particular did 2 years in the past … after they have been nearly the complete focus. It’ll be fascinating to see what the fallout is right here, if any, as soon as folks watch it for themselves.
One factor Chappelle did NOT tackle in this particular is one thing he did in actual life not that way back … specifically, the Israel-Hamas battle. Sounds like this was filmed effectively earlier than all that.
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