It’s the comedian’s first special for the streamer since 2021’s highly controversial ‘The Closer’

Dave Chappelle has released a new Netflix special, The Dreamer, which is full of jokes about the trans community and disabled people.

“I love punching down!” he tells the audience, in a one-hour show that landed on the streaming service today (31 December).

It’s his seventh special for Netflix and comes two years after his last one, the highly controversial release The Closer.

That programme was criticised for its relentless jokes about the trans community, and Chappelle revisits the topic in his new show.

He tells jokes about trans women in prison, and about trans people “pretending” to be somebody they are not.

  • sartalon@lemmy.world
    1568·
    11 months ago

    Man, don’t waste your time and energy.

    Most of these commenters just want to be angry.

    I agree with your comment 100%.

      • sartalon@lemmy.world
        738·
        11 months ago

        Wow, it usually takes some knowledge about a subject to come to a conclusion like that.

        But you came to that conclusion without any knowledge at all.

        Just like most of these comments about Dave Chappelle’s latest standup.

        Pretty on brand of you to form an ignorant and severely judgemental conclusion based on little to no information at all.

        You sound like an American Republican.

          • sartalon@lemmy.world
            532·
            11 months ago

            You can’t even make a real argument, and just use sarcasm and personal attacks.

            Be angry at me all you want.

            But next time you see such an obviously baiting headline, like this “article”… ask yourself if it’s a real article or just clickbait that wants to trick you into scrolling through 40 ads to read something that doesn’t expand on the headline AT ALL.

            And then wonder if there is a lot of “news” floating out there meant to make you angry just so you drive traffic to the source.

            If you question this kind of nonsense even once, moving forward, then these last 10 minutes was well worth the effort.

          • jimbo@lemmy.world
            312·
            11 months ago

            This whole thread is mostly about beating a Chappell-shaped straw man.

            • ersatz@infosec.pub
              61·
              11 months ago

              Wait, so he doesn’t do a yearly transphobic comedy show where he delights in “punching down”?

              Wheres the “straw man”?

              • SCB@lemmy.world
                15·
                11 months ago

                Have you watched the show or are you arguing here about what you’ve decided the show is about?

                Because if it’s the latter then yes, it’s a straw man. It’s basically a textbook straw man.