This isn't his best work.
This was personal for him and something he felt he had to do.
It isn't, however, high on laughs. As a consequence of needing to clear his chest and speak to criticisms, it feels drawn out. And as somebody who does care either way about much of the subject matter, it felt labored.
It ends on a sad and poignant story. Chapelle's own feelings and the telling of the story came across - to me at least - as a touch contrived and had a vague whiff of insincerity lurking in there.
As a stand up special, this cannot stand next to something like Bill Burr's last 3 or Chris Rock's first 3 and be considered strong. It just isn't in the same ballpark.
Dave has made a resurgent career on speaking wisdom under the guise of stand up. Until now, he was excelling. This one just didn't tie together.
6/10
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@porteruk great, thought out review. thank you for being in depth with it and not just saying "this is good because he spoke out on transgender!"
Added this to my watch list this weekend, because it seems to have triggered the Leftist cancel mobs. So it must be good! :joy::joy::rofl: :ok_hand_tone3:
Update: This is Dave Chappelle’s best work IMHO. Every call out about that racist, marxist movement is 100% correct. This is a must watch, for any rational thinker.
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@durack That's one way of letting people know that you don't know what racism or Marxism are.
Review by No More Stories Are Told Today
Overall, funny but offensive in some ways that are important, in others just mean. I also find it frustrating certain things seem to get more public attention than others. But the comments in general about trans people come off as the "crazy racist uncle" trope of yesteryear who Chappelle himself would mock when they'd excuse themselves by parading their one black friend as if it was an excuse.
I won't even attempt to excuse his mean spirited jokes about the trans community. Whilst his friend may have loved them it's still the sort of thing that wounds people enough to drive them to what I hope he doesn't wish on anybody else.
Some jokes didn't land at all for me, the "antisemetic" joke for instance. I don't get what was funny or offensive about it, probably because I just simply don't get what he's referencing, neither did my Jewish husband. Either way it seemed odd and out of place among everything else. It just made no sense to me at all.
All in all, my viewing experience is probably very different to that of someone who is trans. So I can't and don't think anybody other than trans people should be saying whether it's transphobic/offensive or not.
I'm very conflicted about this as I love Chappelle and feel awful about what happened to his friend. But I know that if he were a white man making the same kinds of jokes about a black person I would be upset, too.
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@d0l The alleged "antisemitic" joke is hard to miss. Dave talks about a plot-line for a movie based on aliens from outer space, in that plot-line those aliens are originally an ancient civilization from Earth which accomplished space travel and left planet Earth to colonize a new world. A few millennia later something went wrong in that new world and the Earth-aliens decided to return to their home-world, Earth, which was now populated by new civilizations. As a joke, average at best. Still a funny metaphor for the Israel-Palestine ordeal. There's nothing offensive about it.
In general, I haven't been keen on the latest specials by Dave. There are some funny bits, but they're the exception rather than the rule. The comedy is too political and although I like that he's one of the few comedians that aren't PC, I don't like that he expressly makes the topics political on purpose, even if he is right about the supreme hypocrisy that rules western society.
Erm... I realize that the protagonists can't be just fired... but are they really worth many other hospitalworkers? Why keep them and not somebody else? It would have been more realistic to at least fire one of them: Why keep Reynolds (the deputy) but not the chief? (Granted, the triangle situation was tiresome but in the hierarchy Batiste had a better standing...) Why fire the Head of Neurology? And that conflict between Lauren and Casey was rendered moot when he was let go.
And we know that Max and Helen won't leave - so all the "bad" decisions are going to be reversed anyway.
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@nicky2910 I completely agree with you. Why let Baptiste go and not Reynolds, since the latter has left once already. Why Agnes? Makes no sense!
I can't watch the next episode just yet, but I feel like the series just died since sometimes side characters like Casey or Gladys carried whole segments of episodes. And now they are gone?
Haha, I 'd never noticed until this episode that Sheldon' s insistent proclamation to Penny in The Big Bang Theory that "We keep our keys in a bowl" is a habit he acquired from his parents. When George Sr. leaves to go to the tavern at the end of the episode, we clearly see him retrieve his keys from a bowl in the middle of the kitchen table. This was a better episode than many of the most recent installments, though I can't imagine anyone would continue to classify it as a sitcom; we seem to be sailing in some rather deep family drama waters here.
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@roguescholar I’d rather Mary catch George watching porn lol. Definitely one of those women that would consider that cheating.
The judge is one cold dude. Is there anything he won't do?
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@csbarker Anything for your child..anything!!!
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VIP7Everyone is so mad and I don't get it. You want the show to be sunshine and rainbows? You want the characters to start considering "oh but I don't want to hurt any of the viewers feelings". If you didn't see that coming, can't foresee just how drastic the Sansa/Theon story line may become, then you are blind. This is not a happy show, and this is not the worst thing I've seen on it.
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@frankjacob oh, noes!
Lmao, the irony of you complaining about insensitivity while repeating "it's just a tv show, bro"
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VIP7Everyone is so mad and I don't get it. You want the show to be sunshine and rainbows? You want the characters to start considering "oh but I don't want to hurt any of the viewers feelings". If you didn't see that coming, can't foresee just how drastic the Sansa/Theon story line may become, then you are blind. This is not a happy show, and this is not the worst thing I've seen on it.
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@kvdsteege >But you draw the line at an off screen sex act that can barely be called rape at all. Sansa agreed to marry Ramsay and knew that he would bed her. She never said no or protested. She knew she had to do it. It was horrible, but she consented.
This is rape apologia. Marital rape is real. Google it.
Watching this episode, I couldn't help but be totally distracted by the fact that they recast Daario Naharis.
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@brokenillusions not only with someone who looks nothing like the previous one but acts nothing like him either. Where's the James Bond swagger?
They should’ve killed off Ivar a long time a go. What was the whole point of the Rus storyline? That was completely random.
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@whos_ur_buddha It wasn't pointless because it gave Ivar character development. He changed while caring for Igor. Even Hvitserk said it.
Everything was pretty good until the forest scene what the hell?? Prisoner exchange was a very clever idea, I'll give them that. I would like to see what Gilead would do with Fred? Poetic justice, he would suffer because of the laws he helped writing. But no, as a group of 30 women let's just chase him in the woods and beat him to death. Even cut his finger and send his ring to his wife?
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@hymntothesea I think Gilead commanders authorized Nick to execute Fred. Nick arranged ex-handmaids to kill Fred via "Particicutions", a savage punishment Fred helped create.
I would've loved to see Serena's reaction, but I guess they are saving that for season 5.
This episode packs so much stuff.
Aunt Lydia loves Janine, perhaps the only person she loves who at least kinda loves her back. Most significantly, it is clear that Janine is the only person capable of cracking Lydia's protective shell, letting us get a glimpse of humanity hiding within. I suspect Lydia sees Janine as a Supplicant, a prospective Aunt. This will become very significant as this series progresses into the timeline of The Testaments.
Poor Luke. This episode illustrates how far June has fallen -- pre-Handmaid June is long dead. June's ice melted the moment she heard Nick's voice. June may love Luke as much as Nick, but the only man who truly understands post-Handmaid June is Nick. This common bond, along with her unconditional love for her children, kept June alive.
The most satisfying is the aftermath of Fred and Serena. Last week's episode, when they were cheered by the Gilead sympathizers, was very disturbing to say the least. On this episode, Gilead has thrown them under the bus by sending thoughts and prayers, and hints of retribution when they return. June and Luke's justified rage notwithstanding, I look forward to Fred and Serena seeking their revenge against the Gilead.
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@nutmac I don't think Janine loves Aunt Lydia, I think it's fawning (as a trauma response). There's evidence of this as she's done it to other people in the series, like with June and with the rebels.
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@charlie-r for some reason, I thought it was the little girl Wife in the last place they stayed. The one who forced Janine to eat the pig she was bonding with. I'm terrible with faces, but I felt like it was her, just now she got turned into a handmaid instead of a wife as punishment for helping. I could totally be wrong. It could just be a brand new hand-maid in training. At the beginning of the episode "previously on the handmaid's tale" you see the woman in blue. Then at the end, another closeup of her face. I'm really not good with faces...but I feel like it was her, especially since they showed her at the start of the episode.
A little less June in this episode luckily, but I still don't like her hating rage
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@stijnmaes1992 maybe she's raging because the man responsible for the raping and murdering of women is getting away scot-free?!
Pretty good episode... until the last minute. WTF was that? Shouting that she'll kill the guy who's been helping her this whole time? Kinda cringe, and didn't make much sense.
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@ragreynolds ...he repeatedly raped her. I think it's pretty damn understandable that she'd flip the fuck out when told he's been set free.
Only 6 months? WTF? Sexual misconduct and kidnapping are at least 5 to 20 years in prison. I don't know what she actually got charged for since they skipped over it, but 6 months seems too short.
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@peeps_ YOU ARE DUMB LIKE SHIT 5-20 years sure xD.
Was his choice hes 18 and he made the first move.
- A round of applause for Nate and his speech at the dinner table :clap_tone1:
- After everything that happened, Claire agreeing to see Eric! :person_facepalming_tone1::female_sign: Like, how stupid are you?!
- At this point, I feel like the story is over... I wonder if something unexpected will happen in the last 2 episodes
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@van-nyx In jail for what? such a shitshow i must say i mean hes 18 he can do what he wants.
honestly now i wanna masturbate thinking about Eric like she did in the pilot:sob: He is just so yummy
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@zoe-median-deleted-1606336915 XD best comment ever
I keep wondering how horny she is and then i remember how i would be almost touching myself over hot actors lmao
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@kim990-deleted-1606336906 Best coment ever sad she deleted her account xD
I really wasn’t a fan of Bjorn during this season, I have no connection to his character, so I really wasn’t moved by his death. I mean it was supposed to be this epic send off but it just dragged for me and it felt very flat. And honestly to say that Bjorn “was even greater than Ragnar”?! How? Yes, he was a beast of a man but I fail to remember any moment where I was really impressed by him or any of his plans/actions. He lacked Ragnar’s greatness. The only thing he succeeded in doing was unite all of Norway on his death bed, and they all answered his summons because he was a son of Ragnar! I feel the show failed to build him up as a truly remarkable character.
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The death that made me the saddest was Lagertha's
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