.berlinerblau: Dave Chappelle keeps stoking controversies he swears he wants to avoid.
I forced myself to follow the same advice I give to students in my class about comedic controversies: “Laugh if you find it funny. Then ask questions.”funny? Momentarily, yes. But only so long as I wasn’t overcome by a pressing need to ask lots of fevered questions.
Let’s start with the Jewish gags. Throughout his lengthy set, Chappelle kept reverting to the same formula. First, he would earnestly denounce antisemitism or seek to dispel antisemitic stereotypes. Then came the comic clawback, the punchline in which he affirmed the truth of the slurs he just decried. Throughout it all, he implied that these truths about “the Jews” cannot be spoken aloud .
The comedian peaced out with a veiled poke at his many critics in the LGBTQ community and their allies. Although Chappelle was commanding the biggest stage in American comedy, he nevertheless seemed concerned that he was about to be silenced. He sighed: “It shouldn’t be this scary to talk. About anything. It makes my job incredibly difficult to be honest with you. I’m getting sick of talking to a crowd like this. I love you to death, and I thank you for the support.
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