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Ah Netflix, the one place you can turn to if you are looking to kill an hour...or twelve. You can find anything on Netflix, but you likely will not find anything original. People often forget that Netflix is a tech company, meaning that they use similar algorithms as Facebook and Youtube to determine what people will like. As you have probably already realized by now, these algorithms generally elevate far right "entertainment" (calling it that is a bit of a stretch; it's really just a bunch of overpaid bullies making fun of liberals). So, it makes sense that Dave Chapelle's "comedy" special, The Closer is right at the top of everyone's list. Of course Dave Chapelle has a huge following, so Netflix was more than willing to throw money at him so he can spew hate and steal Eddie Murphy's jokes. Eddie Murphy tells jokes very similar to Chapelle's "new" routine, even the "joke" that Dave recently told about aids is stolen from Eddie Murphy. Eddie Murphy also frequently mocked gays in his 1983 comedy routine. The difference between Chapelle and Murphy is that, with age, Murphy has matured quite a bit. Here is what Eddie Murphy recently said about his old style of humor in the New York Post, “Some of it. Some of it, I cringe when I watch,” he said. “I’m like, oh my God, I can’t believe I said that!” However, the “Saturday Night Live” alum also appeared to chalk it all up both to being “within the context of the times” and being a young performer. (He was only 19 when he joined the cast of “SNL” in 1980.) “You’ll get a joke that’s cringey. But that’s not to say that I don’t appreciate it. I still appreciate it,” he said, adding, “And I’m going, okay, I’m a kid, saying that.” This is the reason Eddie Murphy will always be the real king of black American comedy. Sure, many black comedians have claimed that title, but all of those comedians, including Dave Chapelle, know that they are full of shit when they say that. You see, a real king matures with age; he learns from his past mistakes and atones for them. He is willing to learn, willing to change, willing to show mercy on others, and, most importantly, willing to listen to his followers. That is what makes a king great, not pandering to extremists for a few likes on twitter. Despite what many in black communities claim, Dave Chapelle is no king; he is not even a court jester. Chapelle does not understand comedy. He does not know the meaning of the word. Chapelle thinks that comedy is getting on stage and hurling insults at those weaker than him; he believes this to be funny, just like all bullies do, and that is exactly what Dave Chapelle is, a big bully with a big ego and even bigger paycheck. Chapelle is often presented as some sort of representative of the black community, but this is extremely misleading. I am a member of the black community and I have not watched Dave Chapelle for about ten years. Why? Because he does not speak for me; he speaks for himself and other wealthy black conservatives like Candace Owens, Bill Cosby and Thomas Sowell. Chapelle comes from an age when it was cool for black people to mock gay people; he does not realize how much the landscape has changed in the black community. Today "34% of Black respondents who saw a health care provider in the past year reported having at least one negative experience related to being transgender, 6.7% of Black respondents are living with HIV...more than twenty times the rate in the U.S. population (0.3%), Thirty-five percent (35%) of Black respondents identified as transgender men, 34% were non-binary, 30% were transgender women, and 2% identified as crossdressers (transequality.org)" So, Dave Chapelle is living in the past and he seems to like it there. He does not care that a large chunk of the people he is offending are, whether he wants to admit it or not, black people. And I would not expect him to care; he is no Eddie Murphy. Did I hurt your feelings? Deal with it snowflakes.
Ah Netflix, the one place you can turn to if you are looking to kill an hour...or twelve. You can find anything on Netflix, but you likely will not find anything original. People often forget that Netflix is a tech company, meaning that they use similar algorithms as Facebook and Youtube to determine what people will like. As you have probably already realized by now, these algorithms generally elevate far right "entertainment" (calling it that is a bit of a stretch; it's really just a bunch of overpaid bullies making fun of liberals). So, it makes sense that Dave Chapelle's "comedy" special, The Closer is right at the top of everyone's list. Of course Dave Chapelle has a huge following, so Netflix was more than willing to throw money at him so he can spew hate and steal Eddie Murphy's jokes. Eddie Murphy tells jokes very similar to Chapelle's "new" routine, even the "joke" that Dave recently told about aids is stolen from Eddie Murphy. Eddie Murphy also frequently mocked gays in his 1983 comedy routine. The difference between Chapelle and Murphy is that, with age, Murphy has matured quite a bit. Here is what Eddie Murphy recently said about his old style of humor in the New York Post, “Some of it. Some of it, I cringe when I watch,” he said. “I’m like, oh my God, I can’t believe I said that!” However, the “Saturday Night Live” alum also appeared to chalk it all up both to being “within the context of the times” and being a young performer. (He was only 19 when he joined the cast of “SNL” in 1980.) “You’ll get a joke that’s cringey. But that’s not to say that I don’t appreciate it. I still appreciate it,” he said, adding, “And I’m going, okay, I’m a kid, saying that.” This is the reason Eddie Murphy will always be the real king of black American comedy. Sure, many black comedians have claimed that title, but all of those comedians, including Dave Chapelle, know that they are full of shit when they say that. You see, a real king matures with age; he learns from his past mistakes and atones for them. He is willing to learn, willing to change, willing to show mercy on others, and, most importantly, willing to listen to his followers. That is what makes a king great, not pandering to extremists for a few likes on twitter. Despite what many in black communities claim, Dave Chapelle is no king; he is not even a court jester. Chapelle does not understand comedy. He does not know the meaning of the word. Chapelle thinks that comedy is getting on stage and hurling insults at those weaker than him; he believes this to be funny, just like all bullies do, and that is exactly what Dave Chapelle is, a big bully with a big ego and even bigger paycheck. Chapelle is often presented as some sort of representative of the black community, but this is extremely misleading. I am a member of the black community and I have not watched Dave Chapelle for about ten years. Why? Because he does not speak for me; he speaks for himself and other wealthy black conservatives like Candace Owens, Bill Cosby and Thomas Sowell. Chapelle comes from an age when it was cool for black people to mock gay people; he does not realize how much the landscape has changed in the black community. Today "34% of Black respondents who saw a health care provider in the past year reported having at least one negative experience related to being transgender, 6.7% of Black respondents are living with HIV...more than twenty times the rate in the U.S. population (0.3%), Thirty-five percent (35%) of Black respondents identified as transgender men, 34% were non-binary, 30% were transgender women, and 2% identified as crossdressers (transequality.org)" So, Dave Chapelle is living in the past and he seems to like it there. He does not care that a large chunk of the people he is offending are, whether he wants to admit it or not, black people. And I would not expect him to care; he is no Eddie Murphy. Did I hurt your feelings? Deal with it snowflakes.