SummaryReleased on the YouTube channel Netflix Is A Joke, the surprise comedy special from Dave Chappelle filmed on June 6 in Yellow Springs, Ohio features topics such as police brutality and racism.
SummaryReleased on the YouTube channel Netflix Is A Joke, the surprise comedy special from Dave Chappelle filmed on June 6 in Yellow Springs, Ohio features topics such as police brutality and racism.
Can a comedy set win a Pulitzer? ... More of an eloquent volcano of social criticism than a typical set. His storytelling and natural charisma make the monologue riveting, enraging, inspirational and, to those who still don’t understand what’s going on, informative.
The comedian was in top form. ... What followed was Chappelle at his rawest. ... But this was a different sort of raw, informed by the heat of moment, decades of injustice and Chappelle’s own need to do something, no matter how underproduced or off-the-cuff.
This set is uncomfortable only in intentional ways. ... In its own eerie vacuum, 8:46, however one wants to define it, is a fascinating snapshot of the moment.