Until We Meet Again Dave East
The Sunday Mail
One gets that strange feeling of certitude when watching Dave Chappelle's latest stand-up specials "Self-possession" and "The Bird Revelation".
Never listen the fact that the 44-twelvemonth-old stand-upward comedian actually says that the 2 specials, aired on Netflix on New year's day's Eve last weekend, are to be his last shows earlier he, in his words, "makes America wait once again".
I have to acknowledge, information technology felt kind of foreign penning this review, which comes off more like an obituary, but Chappelle is one of the most circuitous characters out there. He is a true embodiment of the saying that all comics take to be all sorts of "bat crazy" to do what they practice and say what they say.
Hither is a guy who single-handedly revolutionised, popularised and abandoned one of television's most entertaining facets – sketch comedy. This is despite the fact that long before there was "The Dave Chappelle Bear witness", there was "Saturday Night Live", "Mad TV" and a host of other sketch comedy shows – his was unique.
It was edgy, funny, towed the fine line betwixt entertainment and controversy. Strangely, when the show was at its zenith around 2004-5, Chappelle just took his ball and went dwelling, all the while ignoring a US$55 million offer that was on the table to extend the show. The 44-twelvemonth-old comedian simply quit, retreated to South Africa and disappeared from the limelight.
His reasoning was that the show had become too popular, with the tipping point being a couple of white people screaming out ane of his catchphrases during a stand performance.
The guy officially returned to the limelight last yr, starring in iv specials with "Equanimity" and "The Bird Revelation" being the last two. My take on the two is a very big yawn and if these are to be the last two specials we see from Chappelle then I think his legion of fans, myself included, deserved meliorate.
In that location is nothing particularly wrong with the specials per se, but I expected more laughs. The biggest talking point from "The Bird Revelation" is his bit on the whole sexual harassment scandals that rocked Hollywood with Louis CK and Harvey Weinstein being the biggest causalities.
Chappelle fails to put everything into context admitting with hilarious consequences. He simply shuts down every defender of these ii by reminding everyone that one time upon a time RnB legend R. Kelly had sexual relations with a minor and went to pee on the said victim. And he survived!
The police is the law. If these 2 people are guilty and so they should be punished and in the case of comedian Louis CK, information technology really brings into context how very disturbed this fifty-year-old men actually is.
I have watched the guy's acts and some of the offensive jokes he has made over the years indicate to a very disturbed private, but and so we all thought these were jokes and no man would ever practise the things he has said in real life.
After his shenanigans surfaced, last year, I was forced to rethink some of his acts with the nigh notable being his Saturday Dark Alive monologue where he tries to glorify paedophilia.
Now, for Chappelle to continue and mock said accusers and defend this man, without a full grasp of the facts, is but incorrect. In the wake of the weaknesses of "The Bird Revelation", his second special comes in as a redeemer.
"Self-possession" is tasteful, funny and controlled with Chappelle talking about his upbringing, biracial marriages, his comical clashes with transgender people and more importantly the gift that keeps on giving, Donald Trump.
The highlight of the same topics include him lampooning Trump and his many public transgressions, how many people thought he was originally from the hood and the many ways he used that misconception to his advantage.
Overall, the 2 specials more often than not tick all the right boxes in terms of fabric, commitment and laughs but lack in the "it" factor. Maybe Chappelle is just besides good, every bit he puts it, and now operates on a level we are not at. Maybe, but maybe, we are unable to fully grasp the level of his genius. If that is the example, a hiatus, maybe to Zimbabwe this time, is only what the md ordered. Both specials are now available online and tin can exist watched on Netflix.
Source: https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/till-we-meet-again-dave
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