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Dave Chappelle has released a new Netflix special, The Dreamer, which is full of jokes about the trans community and disabled people.

“I love punching down!” he tells the audience, in a one-hour show that landed on the streaming service today (31 December).

It’s his seventh special for Netflix and comes two years after his last one, the highly controversial release The Closer.

That programme was criticised for its relentless jokes about the trans community, and Chappelle revisits the topic in his new show.

He tells jokes about trans women in prison, and about trans people “pretending” to be somebody they are not.

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[–] ersatz@infosec.pub 73 points 10 months ago (2 children)

He's gone around the bend. He does photo ops with people like Lauren Boebert. It's the Kanye West and Elon Musk thing. They get criticism for their bad takes and instead of correcting themselves they double down because they can't handle criticism. And then they find comfort in the right wing grifter sphere because those people kiss their ass. And then it's just a downward spiral.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He does photo ops with people like Lauren Boebert.

Wow. You weren't joking. Not just photo ops, but photo ops specifically to pass on a bigoted message.

But sure, he's an equal-opportunity offender and besides it's just a joke, bro.

[–] jimbo@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What evidence do you have that he knew how this photo would be used? He doesn't exactly look like he's excited to be in the photo.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He said during his standup act at Capital One Arena in Washington that he granted the photo request by Boebert for a human moment to bridge the political divide but felt “blindsided” by her, according to a progressive influencers’ blog.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dave-chappelle-poses-lauren-boebert-164759657.html

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Oh no! She tricked him by having identical views and saying so!

[–] ersatz@infosec.pub 4 points 10 months ago

But he's excited to collect millions from netflix for his yearly "transphobe comedy hour". He knows who the fans of that comedy are...

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago