Kinda sad seeing him and Ricky go down this path. Part of what makes good comedy is being unapologetic, but when their takes are off-colour enough that they need to explain them and spend whole specials explaining themselves I think they've lost it, what a strange hill to die on (I say this being a huge fan of them both prior to their most recent specials, I guess as we all are)

[–] cobra89@beehaw.org 34 points 11 months ago

Chappelle has been a hack since the end of Chappelle's show IMO. He got way too full of himself and basically thought he was the greatest shit since sliced bread. And then he resorted to being a piece of shit edgelord to try and claw back any standing he had through shock humor and it's just sad. Then of course he played the victim and said he was being cancelled. Nah Dave, you're just an unfunny piece of shit.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

ricky's success at legitimate entertainment was all due to stephen merchant, which is why he's stuck being a bigot on netflix "comedy" specials.

and chappelle was always rubbish

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Personal taste is valid, but in 2002/2003, Dave Chappelle was untouchable in comedy. He was doing sketch comedy different, and it contextualized and lampooned race relations in North America. It was eye opening for a lot of white people to watch, and immensely validating for the black community. Maybe it doesn't all land these days, but it was cutting edge comedy in the early 00s.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 13 points 11 months ago

His early stand up is awesome too. While deployed in the military, my buddies and I watched For What It's Worth and Killin' Them Softly so many times. We just repeated jokes to each other most of the day. It really helped kill the time with all the waiting.

I just don't understand his obsession to die on this hill.

[–] pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 11 months ago

All the comedy genius came from Paul Mooney’s writing.

[–] prole@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

Extras is the best thing they ever did, and yeah it would have been shit without Merchant.