Tag: Dave Chappelle

Netflix announces new slate of Dave Chappelle comedy specials

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It looks like Ted Sarandos and Netflix won’t be giving up on Dave Chappelle anytime soon. The streaming platform announced Friday that it will launch four new comedy specials produced and hosted by the controversial comedy. The series of specials dubbed Chappelle’s main teameach featuring a different comic strip introduced by Chappelle. The first special will feature Earthquake (real name Nathaniel Martin Stroman). His title is Earthquake: LegendaryIt will premiere on February 28th. Donnell Rawlings will be the featured comedian for another one of the specials. Each of Chappelle’s chosen…

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Aaron Sorkin Defends Netflix Over Dave Chappelle Controversy

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Being Ricardos Director and writer Aaron Sorkin has defended Netflix’s decision to keep controversial Dave Chapelle private on its streaming platform, despite the comedian’s anti-transgender statements. “My play, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, had to close with everyone else a year ago, when COVID came along, and during that year and a half, five different school districts in the country banned the teaching of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ along with With The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Of Mice and Men,” Sorkin said in an interview published in The Hollywood Reporter…

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Neil Brennan tells Galen Rose about his failure with Dave Chappelle

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Neal Brennan tells Jalen Rose what it was like working with Dave Chappelle

Comedian Neil Brennan He is the co-creator of “Chappelle’s Show” and a frequent collaborator of the all-time great comedian (who, if you live under a rock, was recently in the news with his Netflix special). Neil is also a writer, director, and stand-up with a one-man show off-Broadway called “Neil Brennan: Unacceptable. An impressive resume can’t stop you from breaking down in comedy, but your sense of humor can keep you from taking yourself too seriously. In this week’s “Renaissance,” he revealed the real-life dangers of spending a night on…

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Transgender workers at Netflix sues B Bagels Minor and Tera Fields over Dave Chappelle special

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Two transgender Netflix employees have filed labor complaints against the streaming service, claiming the company retaliated against them for speaking out and organizing a protest against comedian Dave Chappelle’s controversial new special. The charges brought Wednesday to the National Labor Relations Board allege B. on October 20, according to the complaint obtained by USA Today. Fields then faced “retaliation and threats” for speaking out against the Pagels-Minor launch in a viral Twitter thread. “This charge is not just about Bee and Terra, and it’s not about Dave. It is about…

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Caitlyn Jenner Backs Dave Chappelle: “He’s 100% Right’

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Caitlyn Jenner is the latest celebrity to defend comedian Dave Chappelle after backlash from the transgender community over his anti-transgender comments in the “The Closer” special. Former “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” star and Cali’s failed gubernatorial candidate He was responding to Chappelle’s video, 48, Share it on his Instagram, The comedian claimed that corporate interests were trying to stifle his freedom of expression. “Dave Chappelle is 100% right,” The 72-year-old Olympian is on Twitter. “This is not about the LGBTQ movement. It is about waking up and canceling culture,…

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