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I used to be lukewarm about Dave Chappelle’s comedy,” says Travis Merks of Calgary, “but I’m really coming around to him now that he’s awful.”
LOL that was a solid one, Beaverton.
This is too good: I couldn't tell if it was satire until I looked at the comments.
Dave Chappelle isn't funny anymore
Chappelle’s quickly-released followup special, titled So Brave,
Lost it lol
Chappelle: I'd like to announce my new special, "Let's get TERFy". It's just me in front of a brick wall making transphobic jokes for an hour. It cost 80 million dollars.
Interviewer: How do you sleep at night?
Chappelle: On top of a pile of money, with many beautiful ladies.
Lol, nothing beats a cromulent Simpsons reference.
Dave became a rich old white hick. It's not just bad trans humor, it's old, tired ass bad trans humor. Same style of jokes rich old racist morons use. Hicks absolutely love that kind of empty headed shit though, so they defend him.
Now the fact that Dave disappeared to FUCKING OHIO and "worked on comedy" in fucking OHIO tells you everything you need to know about how fucking unfunny Dave Chappelle is now.
I used to be a huge fan. Now he's just not funny anymore bigot or no.
Now the fact that Dave disappeared to FUCKING OHIO and "worked on comedy" in fucking OHIO tells you everything you need to know about how fucking unfunny Dave Chappelle is now.
I don't think Yellow Springs, OH is the reason Dave Chappelle is now a transphobic asshole, as you're suggesting. Yellow Springs was first started as an attempt to create a socialist utopia. It's super hippie dippy, and home to a notable liberal arts school. It's historically much much more liberal than the rest of Ohio.
Also he's lived there since like 2005, well before his transition into a transphobic asshole.
In my opinion, the reason is money, along with the "fuck you I got mine" attitude that comes with oodles and oodles of money.
The Beaverton is like a Canadian Onion of sorts.
I stopped watching this guy when he sold out to Elon Musk. How lost do you have to be to do that when you're as famous as this guy was?
I didn't think he's as transphobic as he's put out to be. However, he's not coming off great and I don't see why he needs those bits. He's a better comedian than that.
Like I think I saw a clip of one of his most recent ones and at the end it ... the point was that a trans man or women doesn't really look much like who they want to be or identify as to him. I mean, it seems dehumanizing doesn't it?
Well, maybe he is as transphobic, maybe I gotta see the whole special to get it and it's part of a larger gag. In any case, I'm not a fan of that type of stuff. Also, he brought Musk on stage so fuck him.
The transphobia stands out because it's neither funny nor relevant - there's no purpose to it other than to be a cunt performatively.
The Lil Nas X song he talks about is what - 2 years old now? Beyond that, the "jokes" are the same thing the daily wire has been rolling out for years - "He has a penis and thinks he's a she hurrr durrr."
Then there was the whole "If I went to prison, I'd say I'm a woman and rape everyone in sight" hilarity.
Has he ever told a funny trans joke?
That last joke I freaking hate. I swear it's so goddamned lazy. I'm watching a regular YouTuber talk about some random topic and he decides to chat with his audience and he makes the exact same joke. "Hur dur, if I go jail I'd identity as a women and be super woke cause that's all they care about now and I'll get off scot-free".
I hate it.
I think "joke“ is a stretch with that one - it's not original, not funny, and delivers no meaningful commentary beyond “I'd be a rapist if I thought I could get away with it."
Chapelle was a decent comedian when he talked about what he knew and had something to say, but this is just pitiful.
I think Dave just became an old man with set opinions earlier than he was supposed to.
He has similar energy to a not-quite-racist-but-certainly-off-color grandpa.
I was thinking damn that's rough for the Onion.
It's not the Onion.
It's Canada's version of The Onion.
So it's The Onion-adjacent.
How people see Canada: So polite! Chill, harmless.
Canada’s Onion: Would you like some maple syrup on that burn?