Dave Chappelle: The Closer
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It Shouldn't Be Up to Mae Martin to Call Out Transphobic Comedy
Mae Martin will be the first to admit they don't want to discuss "the gender thing.
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Jerrod Carmichael Fires Back at Dave Chappelle's Transphobia: 'Who the F*ck Are You?'
Jerrod Carmichael spoke out against Dave Chappelle in an interview with GQ published Wednesday, blasting the comedian for his recent...
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Posted Friday 2/04/22 at 4:10PM EST
Trans Netflix employee resigns over "what happened last fall" with Dave Chappelle's The Closer
Oliver Whitney, the editorial and publishing manager in Netflix’s film department, announced his exit today on Twitter: "some news: i’m...
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Posted Friday 1/28/22 at 3:14AM EST
Netflix was suspended from Human Rights Campaign Foundation's LGBTQ+ Corporate Equality Report due to Dave Chappelle's The Closer controversy
The HRC Foundation cited how the company handled the release of the Dave Chappelle special The Closer in its decision...
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Netflix tells recruiters to avoid talking about Dave Chappelle
In a memo obtained by The Verge, Netflix urges members of its talent acquisition team to avoid discussing Chappelle after his...
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Posted Saturday 12/11/21 at 3:38AM EST
Hannah Gadsby on lashing out at Netflix over Dave Chappelle's The Closer: "I bit the hand that fed me"
In her new standup show Body of Work, which she performed this week at Australia's Sydney Opera House, Gadsby addressed...
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Posted Wednesday 12/08/21 at 1:44PM EST
BoJack Horseman creator responds to Dave Chappelle controversy by revealing a David Fincher joke Netflix forced him to cut to raise money for a trans charity
Raphael Bob-Waksberg was responding to the Chappelle controversy over The Closer, pointing out that Netflix censored him when he tried...
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Posted Monday 11/29/21 at 4:11PM EST
Dave Chappelle's high school alma mater says it will proceed with naming its theater after him
Over the weekend, Chappelle proposed a contest in which donors could decide whether the school should proceed with the naming...
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Posted Monday 11/29/21 at 9:22AM EST
Students call Dave Chappelle a "bigot" and "childish" during his return to his high school
During a visit to Washington, D.
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Posted Monday 11/22/21 at 4:19PM EST
Terra Field, transgender Netflix engineer who protested Dave Chappelle's The Closer, resigns from her job
Field made headlines last month when she wrote a Twitter thread, saying "we launched another Chappelle special where he attacks...
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Posted Friday 11/19/21 at 1:44AM EST
Michael Che's new Netflix standup special contains a degree of self-reflection that is almost entirely absent from his friend Dave Chappelle's The Closer
The SNL star saying "I don't want no trouble" is a recurring theme in his new special, Shame the Devil, and...
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Posted Wednesday 11/17/21 at 4:10PM EST
Report: Dave Chappelle's "Some of my best friends are trans" Daphne Dorman story from The Closer doesn't hold up
Journalist and You're Wrong About podcast co-host Michael Hobbes delved into Chappelle's claim that Dorman, whom he mentioned in 2019's...
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Posted Monday 11/15/21 at 6:47PM EST
Dave Chappelle's high school delays a fundraiser after students threatened to walk out over The Closer controversy
Duke Ellington School of the Arts initially canceled the fundraiser that Chappelle was supposed to attend after students threatened to walk...
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Posted Thursday 11/04/21 at 1:08PM EDT
Dave Chappelle's The Closer debuts at No. 7 on Nielsen's Streaming Top with a 59% male audience
The controversial Netflix standup special was the most male-skewing show on Nielsen's Streaming Top 10 for the week of Oct.
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Posted Saturday 10/30/21 at 5:41AM EDT
Dave Chappelle depends on "The Cancellation Scam" because he fears irrelevance
Chappelle, says Zeba Blay, "doesn’t really fear cancellation — he relishes and welcomes it.