Dave Chappelle unloads on critics upon winning Emmy for Best Variety Special
Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special Sticks & Stones won Best Variety Special at the 2020 Emmy Awards. Watch his acceptance speech.
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Dave Chapelle to critics after winning his Emmy: “ This is a teachable moment. Shut the fuck up, forever."
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Ignoring the controversy and not condoning the jokes but are the people who pick the Emmy winners out of touch when the special has a 99% user score on Rotten Tomatoes?
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in a defiant stand-up special filmed in Atlanta.
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Yes.Ignoring the controversy, are the people who pick the Emmy winners out of touch when the special has a 99% user score on Rotten Tomatoes?
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in a defiant stand-up special filmed in Atlanta.
I also wasn't really a fan of his newer specials, aside from the pimp story. Well at least there's always Killing Em Softly and For What It's Worth for good standup from him
Ignoring the controversy, are the people who pick the Emmy winners out of touch when the special has a 99% user score on Rotten Tomatoes?
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in a defiant stand-up special filmed in Atlanta.
I don't think the people are out of touch. I think Dave needs to get over himself and not take criticism of punching down so personally. Why is it okay for him to lean into transphobia but not okay for people to criticize him about it?
I get it, comedy is supposed to be edgy and sometimes people laugh because it challenges their perceptions. But parts of that special just seemed mean spirited and/or myopic.
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Then it's a good thing it wasn't up for an award for humanitarian of the year. But for comedy.
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Comedians are the worst when it comes to taking criticism. Nothing is off limits and we all need to lighten up....according to their hilarious, dumbasses.
It sucks when people do or say terrible things and are rewarded for it.
It sucks when people do or say terrible things and are rewarded for it.
The trans community wasn't laughing.
Ignoring the controversy and not condoning the jokes but are the people who pick the Emmy winners out of touch when the special has a 99% user score on Rotten Tomatoes?
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in a defiant stand-up special filmed in Atlanta.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dave_chappelle_sticks_and_stones/reviews?type=user
(In case you were wondering: No, Rotten Tomatoes hasn't actually done jack shit to stop the far-right from manipulating user scores.)
People listen to comedians though. They're influential. Look at his career, he has influenced a ton of people which is why responses like yours are so frustrating.
What exactly happened to Dave Chapelle? I used to really look up to him.
Is it just an ego thing? he can't stand to be criticized?
Is it just an ego thing? he can't stand to be criticized?
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I thought it was a good acceptance speech and I suggest people watch it. Dave does not translate well into text on a page.
Trash. Congrats on the award? If he didn't win I'm sure he would have spun it into being yet another millionaire comedian being wronged by the nefarious Cancel Culture ™️
He's one of the most loved comedians of the last 40 years and it was his first set of recorded performances in a decade. He has a huge fan base and his specials were going to be received well by the general public regardless of the alt-right.https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dave_chappelle_sticks_and_stones/reviews?type=user
(In case you were wondering: No, Rotten Tomatoes hasn't actually done jack shit to stop the far-right from manipulating user scores.)
I initially did not watch it because of the reception on era, I finally got around to it a few weeks ago and it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be.
I hope someday I can win an award so I can tell everyone to shut the fuck up forever. God damn that probably feels good.
Comedy isn't a magical shield that can be used to say whatever horrible thing you want about people and not get understandable push back or have it affect how people perceive you as a person.
Like a lot of people, he's unfortunately just becoming an old guy who refuses to change with the times. He's decided to stop learning and just stay stuck in his ways.
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As someone else has previously said comedians have very thin skin. I know this from decades of Howard Stern interviewing tons of comedians. They all have a thin skin and are insanely jealous of others success. I don't mean to make generalizations but it almost always seems to be true and they freely will admit it.
They can have friends that they worked with in clubs, slumming it for years but the minute one of them gets a TV deal the animosity comes out.
Or his own older specials. He's like those musicians who have long since grown out of touch when it comes to making the music fans liked them for
This. Many people here keep blaming every reaction they don't like on the alt-right.
Even as someone who thought most of the jokes in Dave's recent specials were straight up not funny (and I don't mind offensive jokes), y'all gotta recognize that Era is SUPER fringe.
The cancel culture that in no way prevented him from making millions and winning an award is clearly out of control in its reach and influence, and all the change it isn't accomplishing is a sign to ease off on valid criticism before someone, somewhere, thinks twice before saying some hurtful shit. What does it say to our children if we stop punching down?
I swear, it seems like comedians have some of the thinnest skins in the world when it comes to their own work being criticized, but they don't think twice about turning their "oh so scathing" lens on other, less fortunate groups. I think Dave Chappelle is an insanely talented comedian, but I refused to give his latest specials the time of day, because I'm not in the market of supporting works that actively downplay, disrespect, and perpetuate the continued oppression of marginalized groups. Fuck that shit.
Comedy isn't above reproach. It doesn't get special concessions because "it's all jokes, man." As a black man in America, you'd think he'd have a lot more empathy for people who have, historically, been the butt of shitty jokes and poor representation for decades. Why punch down? That's such low hanging fruit, and disappointing, from a comedian who is not an idiot, and used to use his platform to cut deep at the bullshit of the world. But he's rich now, so I guess it doesn't matter to him anymore.
Comedy isn't above reproach. It doesn't get special concessions because "it's all jokes, man." As a black man in America, you'd think he'd have a lot more empathy for people who have, historically, been the butt of shitty jokes and poor representation for decades. Why punch down? That's such low hanging fruit, and disappointing, from a comedian who is not an idiot, and used to use his platform to cut deep at the bullshit of the world. But he's rich now, so I guess it doesn't matter to him anymore.
The world's biggest asshole is a billionaire and President of the United States.
Just because you have shiny stuff doesn't make you less of an asshole
Just because you have shiny stuff doesn't make you less of an asshole
It's almost like most of the world - and especially America, where most of Dave's fanbase resides - is still super bigoted against LGBTQ+ people and doesn't give a shit about victims of sexual abuse. Or something. And yet people that call out Dave for his persistent bigotry are apparently in the wrong, because NOT being shitty is the norm. Okay, got it.
Also, for the record: Resetera isn't actually as fringe as some of you think. Or did you not notice that most of the trans and/or nonbinary members have left, because they were tired of not being taken seriously by a massive chunk of the site's userbase? Only reason I'm still here is cause I haven't gotten burnt out yet (not even been a member a full year, and came out of the closet not long after I joined)... but give it time. And people like you sure as hell aren't helping.
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