Watching Dave Chappelle And Ricky Gervais' Sad 'New' Comedy Specials

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[PatrickWDunne]

They think being an environmentalist is woke, but also love recycling jokes.

[kantakouzini]

I miss when 'stay woke' was just something the older black family and neighbors would say to kids to stay aware and safe and now all these years later its being misapproppriated and twisted

[TheBostonboy]

Honestly they’re right when they say that you can’t say certain things these days. for example you can’t say a comedian isn’t funny otherwise you’ll be accused of being offended and canceling them.

[cocktailonion]

Anyone remember that episode of Spongebob? “Squirrel Jokes”? Where Spongebob gets laughs from an audience full of the lowest common denominator by doing impressions of Sandy? Even when she tells him they’re hurtful? Even after she experiences real world consequences from people who think she’s stupid because of those jokes? Dave Chappelle’s special in a nutshell. And you’re right! It’s like he’s not even trying to make a joke anymore. He’s just hitting the buzzword button until laughter falls out.

[steveb]

I watched an old George Carlin interview recently where he talked about the real power of comedy is in attacking and criticizing those who are corrupt and in a position of power, rather than attacking “underdogs” as he put it, essentially punching down, man I miss George Carlin

[kevinscott]

I get your point, because I've been hearing these same tired, lame jokes and insults since I was in elementary, Middle, and high school. They don't offend me anymore, they just bore me.

[khrowv]

It's strange they really think people dislike them for "saying the hard truth!". No... people just dislike bitter screeching people who do nothing but rage about others as "jokes".

[Astridwarhal]

A week ago I went to a comedy show where there were 3 stand-ups and they were all women, one bisexual, two lesbians. They made jokes about lesbians, about men, about women, about sa, about trans people. And none of them were offensive, none of them landed badly, all of them were met with laughs in a room filled with lgbtq+ women (they literally asked at one point if there were any straight cis men and only 2 guys put their hands up).

I really don't get how "you can't say anything" yet I've been to a place filled with 400 people mostly lgbtq+ laughing at jokes about all of those "sensitive topics"

[geminiaxelrod]

I remember when Dave walked away from 50 million dollars once he realized the racists watching his show were laughing AT him, not WITH him. Now, he panders to the same types of bigots that made him leave comedy for years. Back then, he had integrity. Netflix had enough money to make him sell it.

[Ribeanie]

Frankie Boyle absolutely destroying Gervais' standup was hilarious.

"I mean, look, we know Ricky Gervais, he's a brilliant actor, he's a brilliant writer, he's not a f---ing stand-up comedian! Just because Ricky Gervais self-identifies as a stand-up comedian, am I supposed to say that he is one? It's f---ing political correctness gone mad!"

This was a response to Gervais' lazy if a man can self identify as a woman he could identify as a chimpanzee joke. Real /r/onejoke material.

[onionheadguy]

This was actually really refreshing to see. A review from somebody who actually knows comedy and respects Dave's talents and history. Done in good faith and quite enjoyable to listen to from start to finish.

[ezofrez]

I am a old white guy, we used to just call people who would now be offended by "woke" assholes,

[sueperb]

These rich comics can't punch up because they would punch themselves in the face

[Lastclerk]

Lots of the older comedians whole vibe was “I speak the truth and fight the power” thinking they’re disciples of George Carlin or something. But alot of them are now millionaires with large audiences and don’t realize they have power now. Carlin wasn’t as great as he got older but his heart was still at the place of “you the little guy is being screwed over by the world” but Chappelle seems to be in a space of “people I never bothered to understand are gaining a small modicum of power and I don’t like that”

[JRHainsworth]

I like how he couldn't even stick to the "black trans women n-word pronouns" bit long enough, that he still uses she/her in the punchline

[JoeNoshow]

Once a comedian's ego surmounts their insecurities they lose the ability to tell jokes because they're too busy congratulating themselves on being such a great comedian

[cookieskoon]

Chappelle makes me sad. Growing up through the 90's and 00's I was a HUGE fan of him. I'm a Transwoman, and when he first went on a punch-down spree in his stand up I shrugged it off. Figured it was the usual "everybody is fair game" vibe a lot of us 00's brains lived by.

But no... over the years since he has just continued targeting us. :( I just can't enjoy him anymore. Not even the things I used to love. His old media has joined Bill Cosby on my shelf of, "I was happy once".

Side note, has Ricky ever heard of florists!?

[alexanderball]

Chapelle turned down 30 million dollars and pulled the plug on Chapelles Show because he was worried the show went from sending up negative stereotypes about black people to reinforcing them. I don't see how his jokes about trans people do anything but promote the negatives. Stinks of hyprocrisy imo

[technicallyahuman]

the n-word as a pronoun joke is so ironically funny to me. chappelle refers to the character with "she" and "her", just displaying zero idea what a pronoun is, or how its used.

[TwixtheFox]

I hate when people like this say that others told them "you can't say that!!!" It's like their go to saying. I've literally never heard anyone say that before.

The response is usually "wow that's f*cked up screw that person" but that doesn't make them look like a le epic antiwoke HERO fighting for FREE SPEECH