Stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle doubled down on jokes about trans individuals in his newly launched comedy particular, “The Dreamer.”
The comic’s determination to incorporate such jokes within the comedy particular comes after he beforehand confronted extreme backlash for his final Netflix present, “The Nearer.”
Dave Chappelle Opens His Present By Attacking Trans Individuals
Chappelle’s newest Netflix particular is certain to attract combined reactions from audiences, because the comic opened the present with jokes focused on the LGBTQ+ neighborhood.
“The Dreamer” premiered on the streaming platform on December 31. The present principally facilities on Chappelle’s youth in present enterprise and the way he achieved fame. Nevertheless, the comic used the primary twelve minutes of the set to assault transgender people.
In keeping with Variety, Chappelle began the present by sharing an encounter he had with actor Jim Carrey on the set of the 1999 movie “Man on the Moon.” Carrey famously embodied the function of the comic Andy Kaufman within the film by methodology performing.
Chappelle then acknowledged that he was “very dissatisfied” interacting with Carrey whereas he was pretending to be Kaufman, claiming that that’s “how trans individuals make [him] really feel.”
Dave Chappelle Says He Loves ‘Punching Down’
Following his transient recollection of his encounter with Carrey, the comic then went on to discuss the uproar over his anti-trans jokes.
He mentioned, “When you guys got here right here to this present tonight considering that I’m going to make enjoyable of these individuals once more, you’ve come to the flawed present. I’m not f—— with these individuals anymore. It wasn’t definitely worth the hassle. I ain’t saying s— about them. Perhaps three or 4 occasions tonight, however that’s it. I’m uninterested in speaking about them. And also you wish to know why I’m uninterested in speaking about them? As a result of these individuals acted like I wanted them to be humorous.”
“Effectively, that’s ridiculous. I don’t want you. I received a complete unique approach coming. You guys won’t ever see this s– coming. I ain’t doing trans jokes no extra,” Chappelle added.
Then, he declared that he was going to change to creating jokes about “handicapped” people as “they’re not as organized because the gays. And [he loves] punching down.”
The Comic Joked About Being Despatched To A ‘Lady’s Jail’
Shortly after, Chappelle introduced up trans individuals once more, claiming that he had been making an attempt to repair his relationship with them.
“To be trustworthy with you, I’ve been making an attempt to restore my relationship with the transgender neighborhood trigger I don’t need them to assume that I don’t like them. You know the way I’ve been repairing it? I wrote a play. I did. Trigger I do know that gays love performs,” Chappelle mentioned, per Selection.
He continued, “It’s a really unhappy play, however it’s transferring. It’s a couple of Black transgender lady whose pronoun is, sadly, n—-. It’s a tear-jerker. On the finish of the play, she dies of loneliness trigger white liberals don’t know the best way to converse to her. It’s unhappy.”
In one other phase, he joked that if he have been to ever go to jail, he hoped it might be in California and that as quickly as he’s sentenced, he would inform the choose to ship him to a ladies’s jail as a result of he abruptly identifies as a girl.
Chappelle joked,” ‘Earlier than you sentence me, I need the court docket to know I determine as a girl. Ship me to a girl’s jail.’ As quickly I get in there, you recognize what I’mma be doing. ‘Give me your fruit cocktail, b—-, earlier than I knock your motherf—— tooth out. I’m a lady, similar to you, b—-. Come right here and suck this lady d— I received. Don’t make me clarify myself. I’m a lady.’”
Dave Chappelle Beforehand Confronted Backlash For His Anti-Trans Jokes
Nonetheless in his stand-up comedy particular, Chappelle recalled being attacked on the Hollywood Bowl in 2022 and the way he tried to settle down the extreme second by joking that his attacker was a trans man.
In keeping with him, his viewers didn’t take the joke too properly, as they allegedly booed him for it, saying, “‘Boo. It’s L.A., we like trans individuals.’”
Chappelle beforehand got here underneath hearth for his anti-trans jokes in his comedy particular, “The Nearer.” In 2021, there have been requires Netflix to chop ties with the comic and never air his present on their platform, however the firm stood by Chappelle, stating that his jokes didn’t “cross the road of hate.”
In a memo, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos defended their stance, regardless of threats from employees to stop the corporate,
He said on the time, “A number of of you might have additionally requested the place we draw the road on hate. We don’t enable titles on Netflix which might be designed to incite hate or violence, and we don’t consider ‘The Nearer’ crosses that line.”
