Just watched the Chappelle special. I didn't find it all that funny honestly. It had moments, and I'm a huge fan of his other work, but he just focused to much on the LGTBQ thing, to the point it verged on bullying. I actually thought he had a good point about issues with race no taking precedent in the USA during the last special, and the jokes he made on the issue were pretty funny.
I don't think Chappelle has lost it in any way, he just needs to come up with some different material. He's leaning too far into the controversy he created from his previous specials. Chappelle it at his best when describing the absurdity of the situations he gets himself into. I found the bits about Kevin Hart from his last special hilarious. He's great pointing out the absurdity of people with overzealous politics too, but this latest special just felt like he focused too much on the one issue.
Chappelle also likely sees it as a way to attack back at the people who were, at least partially, responsible for the suicide of Daphne Dorman. That's more of a serious conversation that Chappelle needs to have and doesn't make the best fodder for a comedy special.
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