![]() ![]() I was in college the first time a friend committed suicide. It’s saying something that even Chappelle’s least offensive joke can move the conversation on mental health backward. It’s just lazy - and part of the reason the special has a flatline 0 percent critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Opposition for opposition’s sake isn’t funny or clever. The standup special is an entire set crafted to stake himself out as the opposition. Other positions Chappelle takes: Michael Jackson’s accusers are lying (and should be thankful if they were molested), #MeToo caused anti-abortion laws in the South, the opiod crisis is fine, and the LGBTQ community can’t take a joke. In fact, it’s probably the least offensive joke in Sticks and Stones. It’s far from the most offensive joke in Sticks and Stones. His joke opened the door for victim-blaming and only closes it halfway. “He’s alive and well in DC.” He later tacks on that maybe that friend should think about it.Ĭhappelle tepidly walks back some of the sting of mocking suicide by quickly saying, “No matter what it might look like from the outside, you don’t know what the fuck is going on inside.” The gist is that it’s fine to mock something so long as there’s a throwaway line giving context. ![]() “Never occurred to this n**** to kill himself,” Chappelle says. ![]() Then Chappelle recalls seeing him recently working as the manager of a DC Footlocker living with his mom for the last 10 years. Chappelle then segues into talking about an “urban genius” from his high school who went to an Ivy League school and then law school, where he married and divorced a woman he met. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |