• katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    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
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      1 year ago

      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.