Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation

Not nearly as funny as equanimity but i like a lot of what he said and his views on things (1 viewing)

The way Chappelle explained how the whole entertainment business works with funny jokes and clever punchlines while also showing his thoughts on #metoo movement on a serious tone puts him as one of the greatest comedian of all time. The final monologue when David explained why he left of a 50 million contract using a metaphor on how Hollywood uses young actresses as a pimp would uses prostitute to his benefit is just amazing

The life of an iconoclastic comedian is not easy. You surf dangerous waves -- Mavericks-sized -- to the point break. Maybe you can be funny with airplane and 'men are from mars' jokes, but what you really want to talk about is the stuff that grates at you, that makes your audience just a little squeamish, that makes you just a little unpopular. In his most intimate special to date, Chappelle handles hot coals with bare hands, dishing the jokes lesser comedians wished they had the talent to write and the balls to actually say. Even edgy comedians perform a practiced progressivism that doesn't dare go beyond the buoys, even if it appears on the surface as raunchy or blue. Ours is a time when what you say is used against you in the court of public opinion, an exceedingly clamorous, outraged, offended, and craven entity. I can only say that I am glad that Chappelle has not acceded to the standard to which most now resign themselves. Still, as a comedian, one dictate looms large above the rest: Be funny. And man does he deliver.

This piece is one of his best. Well-written, well-spoken, well-acted. A lot of knowledge in one bit, and the critics once again trying to put something good down. Watch it, you won't be disappointed.

Not the funniest of the Chappelle Netflix specials, this one has a very slow and serious pace to it; often Chappelle seems to be more animated in his reaction to his jokes than his audience is. Indeed at times his audience seems uncertain how to react to his train of thought. As the headlines had sort of told me beforehand, this special seems Chappelle mull over the #MeToo movement and accusations against famous people - ranging from those raped at the hands of powerful men, through to those who had to listen to someone masturbating on the other end of the phone. I mention this contrast because it is particularly the one that he makes in this show.

In doing so he makes an engaging show which is difficult and a little uncomfortable at times, but has a base in comedy and produces some good laughs. I say some because the show is mostly not that funny, but yet it is engaging. Chappelle himself leans into the material, perhaps more than he can carry off convincingly, but mostly his thoughts ring true as a genuine pondering. Overall it is not that great a show in terms of laughter, but I was engaged by it on the subject matter as well as the comedy.