Netflix

I agree

Was funny, raw, and true

Hard to put all 3 together so smoothly

Def in my top 5 , ever.

Got back into Squid Game last night.

Man, I’m in the minority on this one. I’m 36 minutes into Chappelle’s special and I’ve barely laughed. I like him, he’s funny. I’m not finding this very funny.

the whole point of the set is to build bridges and make connections
expert level
what is chapelle saying with what he is saying, not saying, and how it is delivered?
the humanity of it all
a real life experience extrapolated through all the nonsense of the reactionaries
get to the root
get to the point of your human experience
as you may imagine i can relate

I glad you were able to understand my disjointed ramble...

I haven't seen any of his Netflix specials or heard any of his material on the subject, but it just doesn't sound like there's any humor to be had there. And I'm not saying that because I think trans people are somehow off limits for stand ups.

I'm guessing it's real dated now, but doing jokes about effeminate homosexuals at least had some potential for humor and laughs. Doing a bunch of social commentary about the subject just doesn't seem to be any kind of comedy gold mine to vein and only seems more to highlight the person's insecurities. I just don't get why it's so important to someone how another person chooses to identify themselves.

www.salon.com/2021/10/18/tucker-carlson-joe-rogan-and-the-proud-boys-how-the-fragility-of-the-male-ego-fuels-the-far-right/

Rogan has repeatedly used his show to make fun of trans people, paint being trans as a perversity, and elevate anti-trans bigots as somehow experts on the subject. Now that comedian Dave Chappelle has joined in making being transphobic a point of pride, unsurprisingly, he and Rogan are going on tour together. The obsession with trans people isn't just gross, it's a little confusing. Why do these cis men care so much about the lives of trans people who have nothing to do with them?

The ugly truth is that trans people, because they're a small and misunderstood minority, just feel like an easy punching bag for these insecure men to take their gender anxieties out on. The very existence of trans people is a reminder that gender — and therefore gender hierarchy — is a social construct, and therefore can be analyzed, criticized, and even changed. Or, as in that famous 2019 rant from a One America News Network host, transgender penguins are a threat to the "family unit" and everything conservatives hold dear.

For men who rely heavily on their belief in male superiority to bolster their self-esteem, the realization that gender is socially constructed is a distressing thought, and they take their rage about that out on trans people.

The irony is that no one proves the truth of gender's social construction more than the men who flock to Carlson and Rogan's show or join groups like the Proud Boys. None of them clearly feels confident that manhood is much of a biological, irrefutable fact that they claim it is. Instead, they are constantly trying to "prove" it, from demanding female submission to bashing trans people to refusing a vaccine. If masculinity isn't a social construct, then one wouldn't need to put so much work into socially constructing it.

I agree. I don't think anything is off the table in comedy. There's no such thing as too soon or you can't make fun of this group/class of people. Anthony Jeselnick is someone who I frequently think pushes the boundaries on "acceptable" but the end result is laughs. That being said if you're going to do 70 minutes on trans people that shit better be really funny. This special sounded more like an hour of grievances instead of an hour of jokes.

I'd imagine stand ups can be as lazy as the rest of us with jobs who work and take short cuts, do half-assed work, coast on past reputation, etc.

Richard Pryor live in concert is on the Netflix

He always kills me