Dave Chappelle - The Closer
A re-review... The reactions to my opinions usually cause me stress, but it's better than speaking with the disclaimer, "My opinions might not be my own"..
I didn't think Dave Chappelle's special was very funny, but there was nothing offensive about it. It was still enjoyable because he has cache and said some things needed to be heard by millions. And even if I were offended, who gives a ****? Artistic license? Freedom of speech?
I should say when I first saw this, it was very late at night. I was tired, and a bit buzzed. My video kept lagging (just like the one I just watched) because 720 will not play well on my very old and slow laptop that I'm typing on (which can't even keep up with my typing). The picture would freeze every 20 seconds, but the audio never froze - the best I'm going to get.
Anyway, this time I was able to watch and paid strong attention not only to what was being said, but also the audience. Detroit is a city with a black majority, with a black performer, but the audience probably had more whites. And during those many times the video froze, I would look at everyone in the audience. They were all laughing. I didn't see a frown.
One of his first jokes was basically calling Mike Pence gay. But I don't remember any conservatives crying about this. I'm not a conservative, so a minute ago, I did a quick google search. I found one article (I won't name it, because I don't want to advertise garbage) from a pretty large site. This "author" found it funny to call Mike Pence gay, and how he's praying to not be attracted to buttholes. Funny? Na, but this "author" had his own agenda, and would never go against "his" tribe. I hate tribes/groups - I rather be an individual, which is probably much more difficult.
“In my movie idea, we find out that these aliens are originally from earth — that they’re from an ancient civilization that achieved interstellar travel and left the earth thousands of years ago,” he says. “Some other planet they go to, and things go terrible for them on the other planet, so they come back to earth, [and] decide that they want to claim the earth for their very own. It’s a pretty good plotline, huh? I call it ‘Space Jews.'”
What's funny is that even a self-described Democrat who thinks the biggest problem on Earth are pronouns would use homosexuality as a pejorative. Think about that... But it's too bad that was what he mentioned, because what came after was funny and I'll paraphrase. "Gays are a minority group until they have to call the police. Then they become white". If you walk past a black man on the street, he can't hide that. A gay man can. And so can a "space jew", which might have been the funniest bit. When I first saw this, I thought he said "Space JUICE". And then later when he talked about how a slave became a horrible slavemaster.. "It's a movie idea called SPACE JEWS" -- -hilarious.
I guess I love dissidents. It's boring when people do the fake controversy bit just to make noise. I prefer sincerity and fangs, which is satire. It has to draw blood. It has to be a literate and humorous x-ray into society.
"You can shoot and kill a guy and not have on effect on your career, but don't dare hurt a gay person's feelings" -- how can anyone argue with that? The hypocrisy.
20 yrs ago, I was saying that if we're all equal in The Constitution, then gays should be allowed to marry. The same Democrats were all against it. They would even quote Clinton, Obama, etc., "I believe it is between a man and woman" but would throw the diplomatic and wimpy, "I believe in civil unions"..