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Comedian Dave Chappelle said President Trump is speaking to a very small choir in a country as diverse as America.
During an appearance on CNN's "The Van Jones Show that aired on Saturday, Chappelle called the rhetoric of Trumps presidency "repugnant" and said the president did not represent a majority of Americans.
"As a president of a country that's as eclectic as ours," the comedian said, "you look around your crowd and you see it's like a patchwork of people. I just think that he's speaking to a very small choir."
"Even a guy like me that's just writing jokes, I have to listen more than I've ever had to listen 'cause the gripes is coming so fast and furious. And I'm not dismissive of people's gripes. Might sound like it on stage, but I listen," he said.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/411291-dave-chappelle-trump-speaking-to-a-very-small-choir-in-a
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(67,413 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)He makes it very clear that he knows nothing about his subject matter, tainting whatever humor you manage to find in these jokes with a lack of understanding. The jokes feel more like an attack more than any kind of lighthearted observation.
Thats the difference between Chappelle and someone like comedian Ian Harvie Chappelles jokes dont come from an appreciation; they come from confusion and fear.
Whats worse is his audience gives him all the support in the world, egging on his ignorance; as he rips through all of his trans material, the audience becomes progressively empowered to react honestly.
First, the laughs seem like the ones your parents give when youre in the room and someone tells a not-so-PC joke. Theyre half ashamed to laugh because they realize how grossly offensive it is, but arent going to deny that it appeals to a less sensible side of them.
When Chappelle suggests he slept with a trans woman in a later bit, the emboldened crowd expresses audible disgust. He responds with Oh, grow up. That doesnt make me gay when they groan at this.
Its difficult to just sit and laugh when trans people (and now gay people) are subjected to a twisted kind of amused revulsion by all the cis and straight people present. This is not humor so much as it is a showcase of all these peoples hidden prejudices, revealing privilege and an unsettling openness to bigoted rhetoric.
https://studybreaks.com/culture/dave-chappelle-transphobic/
JI7
(89,250 posts)they are majority.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)His appearance annoyed me.