Dave Chappelle — "The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive. 'I don't understand …"
The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive. 'I don't understand this person, so they're crazy.' That's bulls---, man. These people are not crazy, they're just not like you.
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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.
Details
Equanimity & The Bird Revelation (Netflix special)