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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I haven't watched it, but from what I can tell, the answer is yes, for about two jokes right at the top of the show... It's like he's figured out that if he does a small segment about him vs LGBTQ+ people in each show it'll generate the necessary outrage to fuel word of mouth that he has a new special out and for people to check and see what the big controversy is this time.
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If that's what he planned then it pretty well worked. If you Google him or his special right now it's a barrage of articles talking about 5 minutes of a 60 minute special. The people that want to read those articles likely won't be watching the special, of course, but he's getting attention.
This wasn't his best, IMO, but it got back to the jokier side of Chappelle's stand-up and I think a lot of people were hoping for that. I'm an anomaly in that I thought The Closer was outstanding. It's probably the closest he's got to 90s Carlin, which is my personal pinnacle of stand-up. His earlier work entertained me more, but The Closer hit a deeper level.
While I'm a fan there is this troubling pattern emerging about Chappelle where he seems to simultaneously be the most and least self-aware rich person. The right is also glomming on to comedians like him and Bill Burr as some beacon of free speech against woke cancel culture, consuming their content like a sermon rather than comedy.
Where Burr makes it clear he's calling everyone out for their stupidity, Dave is content shrugging his shoulders, or rubbing them up against guys like Elon Musk. He's always relied on his audience to be smart enough to hear what he's saying while at the same time chastising everyone for how stupid they are. Chappelle is becoming a bit of a troll and it gets harder for me to defend his art when his character can be so confusing.