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Originally Posted by blankall
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.
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Yeah exactly. I still think he's got it too, I wasn't offended by it or anything like that. It just didn't really feel like a standup special to me.
Especially these days with how crazy everything is with Covid and politics everywhere, I value a good laugh before bed more than ever, that's what I was looking for with this. Kind of an escape from the absurdity of the world before dozing off (Norm wormholes have been great for this). Instead it felt like getting pulled through it yet again. Fair enough if that's what people like in a comedian; debating political & social issues. It's just not what I'm looking for at all, I don't recall him being like that back in the day either.
Hopefully he goes back to his roots as you mentioned and gets away from the battle, I don't think he's washed or anything like that. Perhaps he just need a break.