Dave Chappelle Archives

Culture

‘From the folks that brought you 9/11’

American comedy is embroiled in a war of words over the Riyadh Comedy Festival

Neal Pollack

Further evidence that boomers can’t let go

Ben Domenech

Jews are a unique group. We have been chased around for millennia

Jesse Singal

Real life doesn’t have a block button

Cockburn

Business

It saturated the market with comics who are on opposite sides of the culture wars

Art Tavana

Television
May 26, 2022
Ricky Gervais is no ‘transphobe’
Why did his jokes about trans people cause such outrage?
Debbie Hayton
Television
May 25, 2022
Ricky Gervais, Netflix and clickbait controversy
Audiences are increasingly wise to knee-jerk manipulation
Alexander Larman
Culture
May 13, 2022
Netflix changes woke course after Chappelle attack
They went woke and now they’re going broke
Cockburn
Culture
May 5, 2022
When ‘words are violence’ turns to actual violence
The trans community makes a preemptive attack against Dave Chappelle
Stephen L. Miller
Business
November 18, 2021
Netflix’s Chappelle of hate
Netflix received only a thousand or so complaints about a special watched by millions
Jesse Singal
Culture
October 30, 2021
The rush to cancel old Halloween costumes
Suddenly an un-PC photo from a party in the 1980s is a weapon
Peter Van Buren
Television
October 22, 2021
The PR campaign at the heart of the war on Netflix
Dave Chappelle’s critics aren’t asking for censorship. They want reparations
Kat Rosenfield
Television
October 21, 2021
My advice to Dave Chappelle
Defensiveness is a strategic mistake
Lionel Shriver
Television
October 14, 2021
Dave Chappelle’s last special is no masterpiece
The comic has developed the irritating habit of emphasizing how transgressive he is being
Ben Sixsmith
Internet
October 13, 2021
Rotten Tomatoes and the cultural gap between critics and audiences
Dave Chappelle’s special shows just how wide it can be
Stephen L. Miller