The only thing a black man can do today is be a comedian. You can't be a president, you can't be a CEO, you can't be a astronaut. You gotta be a comedian.
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"I'm not trying to be controversial. I'm just trying to be honest."
"“I'm not punching down. I'm punching up at the establishment.”"
"I'm a grown man. I don't need to ask permission to be funny."
"I'm not a saint. I'm a sinner. And I'm proud of it."
"Somebody broke into my house once, this is a good time to call the police, but mm mm, nope. The house was too nice. It was a real nice house, but they'd never believe i lived in it. They'd be like 'He…"
American comedian whose Chappelle's Show (2003-2006) reshaped 21st-century comedy and whose 2010s-2020s Netflix specials triggered debates over comedy and offense. Closely associated with Richard Pryor (predecessor in race-and-language American stand-up) and Eddie Murphy (1980s SNL trailblazer). For an intellectual contrast, see Hannah Gadsby, Australian comedian and Nanette creator — Nanette (2018) explicitly attacks the stand-up tradition Chappelle works within and treats traditional punchline comedy as a structure of power. Nanette and Chappelle's Sticks & Stones are the two most-discussed comedy specials of the late-2010s, taking opposite positions on whether stand-up structurally enables or excuses harm.
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