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.
Contents:
- WHAT IS DAVE CHAPPELLE’S PROBLEM WH GAY PEOPLE?
- CHANCE THE RAPPER DEFENDS DAVE CHAPPELLE’S “GAY JOK” COMMENT IN GHANA
- DAVE CHAPPELLE JOK THAT DABABY WAS NCELLED FOR ANTI-GAY JOKE AND NOT KILLG A MAN
WHAT IS DAVE CHAPPELLE’S PROBLEM WH GAY PEOPLE?
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 chappelle gay *
Richard Pryor was bisexual and raised money for a gay rights anizatn.
Eddie Murphy, for example, unleashed a blisterg seri of homophobic slurs his early standup rout – performanc for which he’s sce apologized. In 1977, Pryor headled a gay rights fundraiser where he talked on stage about enjoyg sex wh a man.
CHANCE THE RAPPER DEFENDS DAVE CHAPPELLE’S “GAY JOK” COMMENT IN GHANA
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 chappelle gay *
Pryor’s bisexualy was well-known among his iends, though some who were close to him still ny that he was gay. “Wh that nfsn, Pryor beme perhaps the first major Hollywood celebry to talk graphilly about his own posive experience of gay sex – and certaly the first to do so ont of tens of thoands of people, ’ acrdg to an excerpt om the book, “Beg Richard Pryor” by Stt Sl. Raey sang openly about lbian relatnships and cross-drsg the early 20th century when homosexualy was seen as a form of mental illns.
As one cric asked, “What is Dave Chappelle’s problem wh gay people? Black ics like Pryor weren’t perfect when me to their sexual polics (Pryor end his gay rights fundraiser by gog after Whe gay people and tellg the crowd to, “kiss my happy, rich Black ass. "In our untry, you n shoot and kill a n**** but you better not hurt a gay person's feelgs, " Chappelle quipped.
"Chapelle's transphobia & lack of unrstandg that Blk ppl n be both Black *&* gay shows exactly why 's cril to unrstand tersectnaly & how Blk cishet men, spe beg margalized for their Blkns, n perpetuate systems of opprsn, " Dr. The Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn also cricized the edian. "The edian end the special by sayg he would not be makg anymore jok about gay people until everyone agreed "we are lghg together, " so long as the LGBTQ+ muny stopped takg away job opportuni om people who offend them.
DAVE CHAPPELLE JOK THAT DABABY WAS NCELLED FOR ANTI-GAY JOKE AND NOT KILLG A MAN
She was a edian her soul, " Chappelle said, before explag that he will no longer tell jok wh gay people as the punchle. "Empathy is not gay. "I'm not talkg about the ntent, I'm talkg about the art form."Then he ma a shockg "announcement.""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.
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