Poet Saeed Jon ed to nsir himself a longtime fan of the edian. But Chappelle’s new Netflix special “The Closer,” which fixat on gay and trans people, feels like a stab the back.
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- DAVE CHAPPELLE "CAME OUT" AS GAY. LET THE BACKLASH BEG.IN A NEW CLIP OF THE EDIAN ACCEPTG THE MARK TWA PRIZE, HE JOK HOW HE N'T WA TO SEE WHAT BEG GAY DO FOR HIS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJANUARY 9, 2020/2:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3141PX;WIDTH:4897PX;}EVELYN HOCKSTE/FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON,DC-OCT27: DAVE CHAPPELLE DURG THE MARK TWA AWARD AT THE KENNEDY CENTER. (PHOTO BY EVELYN HOCKSTE/FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJANUARY 9, 2020 / 2:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVE CHAPPELLE \"CAME OUT\" AS GAY. LET THE BACKLASH BEG.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-01-09T19:20:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-01-09T19:20:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVE CHAPPELLE WAS AWARD THE MARK TWA PRIZE FOR HUMOR BACK OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, BUT PBS BROADSTED THE CEREMONY ON TUDAY. IT CLUD THE EDIAN'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH—ALONG WH A G-OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAPPELLE SPOKE SCERELY ABOUT HIS LOVE OF STAND-UP EDY AS AN ART FORM, AND HOW HE WOULD "FIGHT ANYBODY" WHO GETS THE WAY OF "A TE PRACTNER" OF SAID ART FORM BEE HE KNOWS THE CRICS ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS THE TTH AND YOU ARE OBSTCTG ," CHAPPELLE EXPLAED. "I'M NOT TALKG ABOUT THE NTENT, I'M TALKG ABOUT THE ART FORM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN HE MA A SHOCKG "ANNOUNCEMENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AND WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY, AND I'M GLAD I GET THE PLATFORM TO DO : I'M GAY," CHAPPELLE SAID. "I AM GAY AND I N'T WA TO SEE WHAT THIS DO FOR MY REER, BEG GAY LIKE THIS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, CHAPPELLE WAS JT JOKG, BUT WHAT EXACTLY WOULD BEG GAY DO FOR HIS REER? HE'D PROBABLY BE THE BUTT (PUN DLY TEND) OF ANY NUMBER OF JOK BY HIS FELLOW EDIANS, OR HE'D BE APPLD FOR BEG BRAVE. OR, BEE 'S 2020 AND WE HOPE TO BELIEVE BETTER ANGELS, NOTHG AT ALL WOULD HAPPEN. AND WHAT ULD HAPPEN TO HIM AT THIS POT, AFTER HAVG RECEIVED THE HIGHT AWARD FOR AN ART FORM HE LOV SO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MARK TWA PRIZE REGNIZ EDIANS WHO HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON AMERIN SOCIETY, WH PAST WNERS CLUDG RICHARD PRYOR (1998), WHOOPI GOLDBERG (2001), LILY TOML (2003), TA FEY (2010), ELLEN DEGENER (2012), CAROL BURT (2013), EDDIE MURPHY (2015), AND LAST YEAR'S RECIPIENT, JULIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS W PUTS CHAPPELLE SOME TEEMED PANY, AND AMONG ALL STAND-UP EDIANS—BOTH ALIVE AND AD—HE'S REGARD AS, IF NOT THE BT, ONE OF THE BT. HIS "G-OUT" WAS MOST LIKELY A RPONSE TO THE FLACK HE'S GOTTEN FOR HIS PREV NETFLIX SPECIALS AND STAND-UP ROUT, WHICH FEATURED JOK HE'S MA ABOUT THE LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NIGHT BEFORE HE RECEIVED THE PRIZE, CHAPPELLE PERFORMED A SET AT THE CLUB WHERE ALL STARTED, THE DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE FIRST SHOW THIS VERY ROOM, I WAS THE FIRST EDIAN ON STAGE. IT WAS ME, A GUY NAMED BRIAN REGAN, AND SOME DYKE NAMED ELLEN DEGENER," CHAPPELLE BEGAN. "WE DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS GAY BACK THEN. WE WERE ALL TRYG TO GET SOME PSY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWG FULL WELL THAT LLG ELLEN A "DYKE" IS THE KD OF PROVOTN THAT HE URTS AND SOMETIM CRAV, CHAPPELLE THEN LNCHED TO A SPIEL ABOUT EDY'S SIGNIFINCE TO OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“OH, I’M SORRY! I THOUGHT THIS WAS A EDY CLUB," HE NTUED. "LADI AND GENTLEMEN, THIS MIGHT BE AMERI’S LAST SAFE PLACE TO SAY WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE SAYG, AND LGH AT WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE LGHG [AT]. THIS IS SACRED GROUND.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE MAY BE RIGHT. THE GREAT THG ABOUT AMERI IS THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE SAYG, AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LGH AT WHAT YOU THK IS FUNNY. AND NVERSELY, YOU N NOT LGH AT WHAT YOU DON'T FD FUNNY AT ALL. MAYBE YOU JT FD CHAPPELLE'S EQUENT JABS AT THE GAYS TO BE EASY, OR LAZY, OR OFFENSIVE, OR JT PLA UNNECSARY. HE'S NOT WRONG, YOU'RE NOT WRONG. BUT THE POT OF ALL IS, N THIS SOME WAY START A NVERSATN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGARDLS, DAVE CHAPPELLE HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT HE FEELS, JT AS HIS DIENCE HAS THE RIGHT TO TERPRET WHAT HE SAYS AS THEY SEE F. SACRED GROUND OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- WHAT IS DAVE CHAPPELLE’S PROBLEM WH GAY PEOPLE?
DAVE CHAPPELLE "CAME OUT" AS GAY. LET THE BACKLASH BEG.IN A NEW CLIP OF THE EDIAN ACCEPTG THE MARK TWA PRIZE, HE JOK HOW HE N'T WA TO SEE WHAT BEG GAY DO FOR HIS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJANUARY 9, 2020/2:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3141PX;WIDTH:4897PX;}EVELYN HOCKSTE/FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON,DC-OCT27: DAVE CHAPPELLE DURG THE MARK TWA AWARD AT THE KENNEDY CENTER. (PHOTO BY EVELYN HOCKSTE/FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJANUARY 9, 2020 / 2:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVE CHAPPELLE \"CAME OUT\" AS GAY. LET THE BACKLASH BEG.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-01-09T19:20:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-01-09T19:20:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVE CHAPPELLE WAS AWARD THE MARK TWA PRIZE FOR HUMOR BACK OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, BUT PBS BROADSTED THE CEREMONY ON TUDAY. IT CLUD THE EDIAN'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH—ALONG WH A G-OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAPPELLE SPOKE SCERELY ABOUT HIS LOVE OF STAND-UP EDY AS AN ART FORM, AND HOW HE WOULD "FIGHT ANYBODY" WHO GETS THE WAY OF "A TE PRACTNER" OF SAID ART FORM BEE HE KNOWS THE CRICS ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS THE TTH AND YOU ARE OBSTCTG ," CHAPPELLE EXPLAED. "I'M NOT TALKG ABOUT THE NTENT, I'M TALKG ABOUT THE ART FORM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN HE MA A SHOCKG "ANNOUNCEMENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AND WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY, AND I'M GLAD I GET THE PLATFORM TO DO : I'M GAY," CHAPPELLE SAID. "I AM GAY AND I N'T WA TO SEE WHAT THIS DO FOR MY REER, BEG GAY LIKE THIS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, CHAPPELLE WAS JT JOKG, BUT WHAT EXACTLY WOULD BEG GAY DO FOR HIS REER? HE'D PROBABLY BE THE BUTT (PUN DLY TEND) OF ANY NUMBER OF JOK BY HIS FELLOW EDIANS, OR HE'D BE APPLD FOR BEG BRAVE. OR, BEE 'S 2020 AND WE HOPE TO BELIEVE BETTER ANGELS, NOTHG AT ALL WOULD HAPPEN. AND WHAT ULD HAPPEN TO HIM AT THIS POT, AFTER HAVG RECEIVED THE HIGHT AWARD FOR AN ART FORM HE LOV SO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MARK TWA PRIZE REGNIZ EDIANS WHO HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON AMERIN SOCIETY, WH PAST WNERS CLUDG RICHARD PRYOR (1998), WHOOPI GOLDBERG (2001), LILY TOML (2003), TA FEY (2010), ELLEN DEGENER (2012), CAROL BURT (2013), EDDIE MURPHY (2015), AND LAST YEAR'S RECIPIENT, JULIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS W PUTS CHAPPELLE SOME TEEMED PANY, AND AMONG ALL STAND-UP EDIANS—BOTH ALIVE AND AD—HE'S REGARD AS, IF NOT THE BT, ONE OF THE BT. HIS "G-OUT" WAS MOST LIKELY A RPONSE TO THE FLACK HE'S GOTTEN FOR HIS PREV NETFLIX SPECIALS AND STAND-UP ROUT, WHICH FEATURED JOK HE'S MA ABOUT THE LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NIGHT BEFORE HE RECEIVED THE PRIZE, CHAPPELLE PERFORMED A SET AT THE CLUB WHERE ALL STARTED, THE DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE FIRST SHOW THIS VERY ROOM, I WAS THE FIRST EDIAN ON STAGE. IT WAS ME, A GUY NAMED BRIAN REGAN, AND SOME DYKE NAMED ELLEN DEGENER," CHAPPELLE BEGAN. "WE DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS GAY BACK THEN. WE WERE ALL TRYG TO GET SOME PSY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWG FULL WELL THAT LLG ELLEN A "DYKE" IS THE KD OF PROVOTN THAT HE URTS AND SOMETIM CRAV, CHAPPELLE THEN LNCHED TO A SPIEL ABOUT EDY'S SIGNIFINCE TO OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“OH, I’M SORRY! I THOUGHT THIS WAS A EDY CLUB," HE NTUED. "LADI AND GENTLEMEN, THIS MIGHT BE AMERI’S LAST SAFE PLACE TO SAY WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE SAYG, AND LGH AT WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE LGHG [AT]. THIS IS SACRED GROUND.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE MAY BE RIGHT. THE GREAT THG ABOUT AMERI IS THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE SAYG, AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LGH AT WHAT YOU THK IS FUNNY. AND NVERSELY, YOU N NOT LGH AT WHAT YOU DON'T FD FUNNY AT ALL. MAYBE YOU JT FD CHAPPELLE'S EQUENT JABS AT THE GAYS TO BE EASY, OR LAZY, OR OFFENSIVE, OR JT PLA UNNECSARY. HE'S NOT WRONG, YOU'RE NOT WRONG. BUT THE POT OF ALL IS, N THIS SOME WAY START A NVERSATN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGARDLS, DAVE CHAPPELLE HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT HE FEELS, JT AS HIS DIENCE HAS THE RIGHT TO TERPRET WHAT HE SAYS AS THEY SEE F. SACRED GROUND OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
In a new clip of the edian acceptg the Mark Twa Prize, he jok how he n't wa to see what beg gay do for his reer. * dave chapelle gay *
""And what I really wanted to say, and I'm glad I get the platform to do : I'm gay, " Chappelle said. "I am gay and I n't wa to see what this do for my reer, beg gay like this.
"Of urse, Chappelle was jt jokg, but what exactly would beg gay do for his reer? "We didn’t know she was gay back then.
WHAT IS DAVE CHAPPELLE’S PROBLEM WH GAY PEOPLE?
Poet Saeed Jon ed to nsir himself a longtime fan of the edian. But Chappelle’s new Netflix special “The Closer,” which fixat on gay and trans people, feels like a stab the back. * dave chapelle gay *
Maybe you jt fd Chappelle's equent jabs at the gays to be easy, or lazy, or offensive, or jt pla unnecsary.
Comedian Dave Chappelle's latt special clus a claratn of transphobia, a boast about beatg up a butch lbian, and an allegatn that rapper DaBaby's homophobia sparked more outrage than the killgs of Black Amerins -- and an assertn that Chappelle's through wh jok about LGBTQ+ the Netflix special The Closer, which dropped Tuday, Chappelle fends J. " In addn, he says he nearly got to a physil fight wh a whe gay man who nonted him a discsg DaBaby, who disparaged gay people and those livg wh HIV remarks at a ncert this summer, Chappelle says the rapper "punched the LGBTQ muny right the AIDS, " then says more people know of that cint than a fight DaBaby was volved at a Walmart 2018, where one person was killed.
"But you better not hurt a gay person's feelgs. He also claims, "Gay people are mori until they need to be whe aga. "Chappelle "ignor the fact that there are plenty of nonwhe gay people who face opprsn for both their sexual orientatn and their race, " NPR's Eric Deggans wr.
Dave Chapelle didn’t jt offend the LGBTQ muny wh his latt standup special. He betrayed the legacy of the Black ic tradn he hered. Some of the most inic Black edians were eher gay or affirmed them their performanc. * dave chapelle gay *
"And, of urse, opposg the public statements of homophobia isn't jt about makg gay people feel better; 's about keepg the anger and prejudice behd those words om beg wily acceptable or turng to actn. "Bee untanglg homophobia, transphobia, racism and whe privilege requir a lot more effort and unrstandg than Chappelle mak here. Discsg DaBaby, for example, Chappelle op “In our untry, you n shoot and kill a n-gga but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelgs.
A few beats later, Chappelle clar "We Blacks, we look at the gay muny and we go “Goddamn !
" Never md that, addn to beg both Black and gay, I also happen to live the state of Oh, as do Chappelle himself, where our ernor jt signed a provisn that will allow doctors and other medil profsnals to ny healthre to LGBTQ patients. As a gay Black man, even when I’m watchg a edy special, my inty is nveniently prent. Whe, Black, Persian, gay, straight, trans, moisturized, un-moisturized, stoned, dnk and sober.
The ntroversy over Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special “The Closer” illtrat how ridiculo Chappelle’s claims to be a victim of ‘ncel culture’ really are, wr cric Clay Cane, who says that the realy he liv every day - beg both Black and gay - is what seems most absent om Chappelle’s edy, which seems to treat the inti as beg mutually exclive. * dave chapelle gay *
They are easily the least funny parts, mostly bee they showse a man who seems stuck a time warp, hung up about thgs he really shouldn’t be hung up is hardly the first time Chappelle’s material has been lled homophobic.