I forced myself to follow the same advice I give to students in my class about comedic controversies: “Laugh if you find it funny. Then ask questions.”funny? Momentarily, yes. But only so long as I wasn’t overcome by a pressing need to ask lots of fevered questions.
Let’s start with the Jewish gags. Throughout his lengthy set, Chappelle kept reverting to the same formula. First, he would earnestly denounce antisemitism or seek to dispel antisemitic stereotypes. Then came the comic clawback, the punchline in which he affirmed the truth of the slurs he just decried. Throughout it all, he implied that these truths about “the Jews” cannot be spoken aloud .
The comedian peaced out with a veiled poke at his many critics in the LGBTQ community and their allies. Although Chappelle was commanding the biggest stage in American comedy, he nevertheless seemed concerned that he was about to be silenced. He sighed: “It shouldn’t be this scary to talk. About anything. It makes my job incredibly difficult to be honest with you. I’m getting sick of talking to a crowd like this. I love you to death, and I thank you for the support.
It's always people outside of whatever group that a joke is made about that feel like they need to be offended for said group.
'Dave was funny until you read way too much into it and invent dumb shit to be fake outraged about to push an evil agenda'
And then it was still funny
msnbc doesn’t think Dave was funny on SNL. Ironic because they have made a joke out of journalism. War monger criminals.
Dave Chappelle proves again that he’s the GOAT of stand up. He’s the only comedian that’s is smart enough to say what he’s wants without actually being cancelled, he just makes more money and gets on bigger platforms 😂😂😂
No it was funny period. It's becomes even funnier when you watch the democrats melt down
MSNBC is the WORST!!!
Was he ever in anything funny? And that is a real question?
Yeah, he is such a big funny guy that he has to travel in a pack just to be sure of his masculinity!
I do not understand what is funny about making fun of other people, but then he probably hit on a trans person and got his feelings crushed!
Here we go… What took you so long? 😂
He also talked about Herschel Walker being “noticeably dumb” but, you don’t seem to have a problem with that. Stop trying to mane his monologue more than what it was… Jokes!!! Geeezzz!!! Enough already!
Quit crying. You're just racist and hate black people who don't stay on your plantation.
No it was funny and true. Nitpicking is dominating comedy.
MSNBC aka NAZIS 2.0
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Here you go. Trying to cancel Chappel. But you’re who’s being canceled. No credibility left on MSNBC.
Then t became fucking hilarious. The views on YouTube alone are triple everything else snl has done for years.
I am over Dave…..
stfu its comedy
No, it's funny 😄, and true, maybe try truth 😉, it'd be a good idea.
It was great
no, it was funny!
Genius. Period.
I think is funny. And not in a good way.
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.DaveChappelle is the GOAT𓃵 barnone
Has MSNBC always been like this? Genuinely asking.
Why the jews are afraid of constructive criticism? What are they hiding? Never tried to prove the critics wrong...
Damn that he’s genius
Love DaveChappelle 👏🏽 He’s a Great American Comedian 🇺🇸
ur face is funny until you think about it
Y’all too damn sensitive god damnit
Still funny. Sorry.
1st time I watched SNL in 20 years
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Translated into Normal People's English: Chappelle's monologue was funny, until the Democratic Master Race delivered their daily propaganda talking points, which we repeat here.
Then it became hilarious
I've thought about it. It was still funny.
So timely
2022 is the way it is because people don't laugh. They instead choose to be offended. In life if I didn't laugh I don't even want to think where I would be. Too few get that and it created people who demand obedience. Smile. Laugh. Life's too short to be angry 24/7
Didn’t have to think about it. Didn’t laugh at the moment.
That's your problem, right there. Laughing must be evil.
Dave Chappelle was a great comedian but his bitterness is overwhelmingly. He can’t seem to stop punching down at people and it’s unpleasant to watch.
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A critical reflection of the influences in our entertainment industry was a smart introspective.
So, since when did MSNBC start thinking!!
It was funny, until I found out I was supposed to be offended by it.
It was funny. That’s it, IT WAS FUNNY.
It was funny
Pedo Joe. WTF 🤢
No, it was just funny. You didn't like it because he was making fun of you.
MSNBC is a trusted news organization- until you start to think about it.
“This is how you buy a little time”
Dave's got more talent in one finger than you clowns do across your entire staff.
And, because of Chappelle, SNL was actually funny for once since Kate McKinnon left… the wokesters at MSNBC just can’t help themselves… is it funny, is it not? Let’s check with the professional grievance class to find out if we are allowed to laugh…!!!
His skit was brilliant, and hilarious!
MSNBC appears to be a credible news organization, until you think about it
Thought about it, then watched it several more times and it was still funny each time bc it’s true. Lame folks are just triggered by the dumbest shit and apparently don’t have a sense of humor.
'I get all my advice on how to do comedy from Steve Benen'....Jerry Seinfeld.
Yes it was funny. Get your panties unwadded an laugh! Stop over analyzing everything...
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Um wherestiffanycross rashidajones ( not the Quincy one)
This was a good article, until I thought about it. Enjoy your deserved ratio though!
No calls from MSNBC for his personal destruction like they do for any Conservative that leaves their Plantation anti free speech bubble.
…after you think about it you realize it’s actually hilarious.
As head editor of , I oppose this take.
Was the first time I watched SNL in a while and I thought it was hilarious. Don't make Dave your enemy because you don't like his jokes. If you find it offensive don't watch.
Anything can be ruined if you maniacally obsess on it. What happened to the Democrats? I’m so old, I remember when they were the funny ones.
The author gives a list of things Chappelle 'needs' to do and therein lies the problem. Chappelle is railing against the types that think he 'needs' to do anything. He's doing it on purpose so he can give those types something to write about so he can continue to ignore them.
Nobody pays MSNBC to think, move one, get over it
SNL is just boring reruns for last 20 years
Way to tiptoe around the subject of tax 'loopholes' congress wrote for themselves and their donors he also mentioned.
You simply aren't needed any longer. Kind of like Dave Chappelle and for GODS SAKE Kanye West.
It was hilarious unless you are a cowardly little weakling… imagine what kind of trash you have to be to get offended watching a comedy skit.
The 'forgotten man' can stay just that. Forgotten. Out of work. Out of shape. (Likely) Out of his mind and certainly out of options. Just sit there drowning in Mountain Dew and laughing at Chappelle (really) while the rest of us evolve and make the world a better place.
... then is becomes hilarious
I found a pretty hypocritical how he would joke about Jews here and there and then try to bring in black people struggles as a way to counter balance what's happening in the recent political climate
Shut up
Oh, Jesus. I’m as liberal as they come but this cancel culture stuff is just bullshit.
I just do not understand why he is funny.
EXACTLY. I didn’t really think it was funny in the first place, but, once I thought about it, NOT FUNNY at all and very very scary.
Then I thought about it - and it was hilarious
You couldn't think about it when he was saying it? No wonder your network sucks so bad.
It was so scawee I peed my pants
It was especially funny once u started to think about it, dont get mad because what he said was true
Leftists just can't handle jokes. They killed stand up. Just guiltless pansies.
Funny as hell and full of facts!!!
Y’all gonna ban comedy now and have us watching Seinfeld
I heard it, I’m Jewish, and it wasn’t offensive to me at all. You’re way overreacting.
If you feel his monologue was AS you should bear in mind what Dave experienced during the Chappelle show. His experience is very similar to Kanye, not giving it a pass but he spoke his truth.
msnbc everything you say is better left unsaid.
Opinion - it was funny, and no one should have been hurt. Grow up.
According to you wack ass new channel
He dismantled the idea that Jews control Hollywood. It wasn't just the absence of any dog-whistles, it was that he specifically dismantled it. That, along with the false narrative that he compared groups of Jews to black gangs, is just another case of pseudo-journalistic lying.
Wait when did MSNBC start to think?
No, it was funny period. No ifs, ands, or buts about it..
Wonderful that cesarconde_ RJonesNews find antisemitism in any form funny‼️ ADL
Y'all pushing hate
Chill, Jacques, Dave is a stand up philosopher.
It was funny... full stop
Sticks and Stones! Sticks and Stone! Who cares what someone else says about you. Most of the time they say that crap just to make themselves feel better about whatever they’re struggling with.
Oh God! 🙄 This post gonna bring out all the lil whiny b*tches.... 😫🤦🏽♂️
It's hilarious, period. You lefties just mad he cut to the core on this one.
I refuse to watch his performances because of his content.
That’s why we love chapelle he ain’t stupid
When someone graduates with a gender studies degree, MSNBC and NPR welcome them with open arms. They are the home of the illiberal left.
Who writes this bullshit
We all know you commies have no sense of humor.
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Not you enabling 4000 years of paranoid narcissism
No-it actually was never funny
This article was a good read until I thought about it.
Nope it was just funny. It was only not funny if you can’t take a joke
Bambi, Little are Ridinghood and Peter and the Wolf are great stories, but not when you think too much.
Nothing new, always the same: don't make jokes about jews.
No. It was just funny. Who spends time dwelling on a comedian's monologue?
His words raped my soul.
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MSNBC shows up 8 days later stirring the pot and trying to get everyone riled up. Enough *vilifying* people's opinions. Just because you think they're wrong, doesn't make them morally bad opinions. The mainstream media ought to know that. You're pathetic.
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Isn’t it MSNBC that gave an antisemite his own show?
Still funny…actually the funniest I’ve seen on nbcsnl in along time. They need to abandon the clapter and claptivism.
Why do people seem constantly surprised that it’s not just Caucasians who can be anti-[insert name of group here]? Anyone can be a prick.
Personally I thought it was hilarious.
No. It was hands down the BEST SNL monologue and guest in the HISTORY of the show. Period. If you couldn't laugh at the things Dave said, then you need to take a look in the mirror. Maybe he was talking about you?
At first I too thought his monologue was just funny… Then I sat back and thought about it and realized it was actually hilariously funny.
All this is showing to me white liberals still struggle to understand the discussions being had in the black community. With Dave, it's funny but if you know, you know.
I'm noticing a common theme with the offended... (🇺🇦) Tell me you've been programmed by using a single emoji
...then it becomes hilarious, and accurate! This is why we all love DaveChappelle
Starting to think people are Way to sensitive…… dude a comedy Genius. Get a sense of humor cuz They are free.
*until you were told how to start thinking about it
Then it was really funny.
No it was funny even after I stated to think about it
lol
The minute we stop speaking truth to power, we’re done. That’s what the most genius comics have always done - from Lenny Bruce and George Carlin to Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle.
Does the left remember Eddie Murphy's first two stand up routines, or Redd Foxx, Richard Prior, ya'll would be boycotting the greatest comedic talents of our time because they were shocking and went with stereotypes? That was the point. You laugh and move on. Grow up and shut up
Stop thinking it’s comedy….and it was the funniest thing on nbcsnl in YEARS!!! Don Rickles is a comic Legend and made jokes about every single ethnicity, religion, gender, weight class etc …. He was hilarious… and no one was offended because they knew it was comedy…
I’ve had diarrhea funnier than Chappelle, but then again, I prefer people with talent.
It was Funny Intellectual Humor!!
MSNBC: Elevating Black voices, unless they’re the wrong kind or Black voices.
It's a joke.. stop been a girl and dig things that are not there..
Yep, and that is exactly what happened to me. I was about three minutes in and then it hit me, what he was saying and I just went 'no' and changed the channel.
You think he’s interested in “avoiding” controversy? Oh my
This monologue was absolute perfection, this is a big swing and miss. Comedy is sacred.
Another humor disabled commentator over thinking jokes. Comedy, if it is effective, always has a tinge of truth that is then expanded to bring out the ridiculous. Humor deficient bores, like the author of this piece, don't get it. They never will. They prefer to be offended.
Woah… is trying to think…. Careful there… DaveChappelle is spot on here. realDonaldTrump was a monkey wrench in the corrupt system which is why he was demonized so fast. It’s nothing more than that. They fear him. He knows too much.
He should listen to his own advice 'think, but don't say'.
seriously?
Whom ever wrote this, GFY!!! It's COMEDY 💩 heads. When jokes are written about others races, it's funny but when written about Jewish people, it's not? MSNBC--------》GFY!!!!
Got you feeling bad, because you laughed and agreed with the truth of what he was saying.
Never trust someone who doesn’t have a broad sense of humor.
MSNBC is a reliable news source- until you start to think about it.
Dave is the Hendrix of comedy!!!! No one can come close!
Intent is lost on humorless nags.
Makes sense out of nonsense! Intelligence meets understanding! Loving Dave Chappelle mind and humor! ❤️
The only thing DaveChappelle needs to do is QUIT SMOKING
MSNBC seems like a news agency - until you start to read it.
The point of comedy is relief from thinking.
berlinerblau, is literally, the most boring writer ever. Chappelle’s monologue was witty and edgy. I do t have to agree with it to find it funny.
Yes, he should have censored himself. Freedom of speech is a burden on society.
It was funny, period!!! STOP being so damn sensitive about everything!!! He’s a damn comedian!
The lefts assault on comedy would make Stalin and Mao SOOOOOOO proud. Keep it up commie losers with no sense of humor.
The Author’s point is that the truth of Chapelle’s Set! Shouldn’t be said. That’s the rib-spreader. It’s what makes Chapelle, the Greatest of All Time.
I've thought about it.....it's still funny af😆
Why does Sharpton get air time other than his race and he would sue you! He of the lies and deceit with tawana Brawley game- fake rape claim!He is a charlatan and race baiter of highest order ! What does that make you! Twice wrong for hiring a liar and wretch! You are irrelevant!
That's the fascinating aspect of comedy. 'Funny' is up to each individual not .
And there is his genius…
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