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Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2025
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I don't understand how for the last ten years this guy has been allowed to just associate with other comics like he's not a fucking pariah.
Kayfabe.
We assume the personas we see on the screen are a representation of the people they really are. If we really saw the truth behind our media we would feel hollow and sad and empty and realize how little substance there actually is in the world, so on some level we choose to believe what we already know to be untrue, because we prefer it this way.
You can't kayfabe away the actual association. They chose to appear on screen with the guy. That's not in-character, that is a professional decision.
Or are you saying, "Chappelle is just pretending to be a heel, actually he hates autocrats and loves trans people?"
"Everybody out there that's watching, everybody that's watching this world? This world is bullshit. You shouldn’t model your life about what you think that we think is cool and what we’re wearing and what we’re saying and everything." - Fiona Apple.
Because comics are whores
Comics had give through a lot of cancellations and were starting to pull together. So, when Chappelle started being anti-trans, the comedy community was already primed to fight back.
Also, Chappelle seems like a generous comedian in bringing people up. So, he probably has deep roots in the comedy community.