Update:Comedy > Politics: Dave Chappelle: unfunny SNL writers jealousy the king is hosting again

tinman · Aug 7, 2023

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You should actually read that column, tinman, even if it's from the New York Post, which loves sensationalism. The quote below is on target. Trans people suffer from bigotry and violence everyday. The irony of Chappelle defending the bigoted opinions of J.K. Rowling, when as a Black man, he knows all too well the consequences of bigotry, hasn't been lost on those of the LGBTQ+ community. I admire the novels Rowling has written, just as I admire the science fiction of Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game, yet ardently disagree with his politics, but Rowling's opinion about the Trans community amounts to excrement.

In “The Closer,” Chappelle declares that he’s joining Rowling in “Team TERF!” (the acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist), and conflated rapper DaBaby’s homophobic statements at a show over the summer with systemic racism.

“In our country, you can shoot and kill a [N-word] — but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings,” Chappelle says onstage, referencing a 2018 shooting incident involving the rapper at a Walmart in North Carolina. The 19-year-old victim later died.

The brewing backlash is ample — but perhaps most shocking is the reaction from one of Netflix’s own: Jaclyn Moore, executive producer and showrunner of the streaming giant’s “Dear White People.”

Moore bluntly declared her self “done” with Netflix.

“I love so many of the people I’ve worked with at Netflix,” she shared on Twitter after detailing her own transition in a passionate post. “Brilliant people and executives who have been collaborative and fought for important art,” Moore continued. “[But] I will not work with them as long as they continue to put out and profit from blatantly and dangerously transphobic content.”

‘Chappelle’s brand has become synonymous with ridiculing trans people and other marginalized communities.’

GLAAD, in a statement about ‘The Closer’
Meanwhile, the National Black Justice Coalition, a civil rights advocacy group focused on the LGBTQ+ community, goes so far as to prod Netflix to pull “The Closer” from its menu.

“With 2021 on track to be the deadliest year on record for transgender people in the United States — the majority of whom are Black transgender people — Netflix should know better,” NBJC executive director David Johns said in a statement to Deadline. “Perpetuating transphobia perpetuates violence. Netflix should immediately pull ‘The Closer’ from its platform and directly apologize to the transgender community.”

LGBTQ+ advocacy leaders at GLAAD also called out the acclaimed comic’s pattern of degrading jokes, declaring: “Chappelle’s brand has become synonymous with ridiculing trans people and other marginalized communities.”

https://nypost.com/2021/10/07/critics-blast-dave-chappelle-netflix-for-ridiculing-trans-people/
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