Dave Chappelle: The Closer
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Posted Friday 10/29/21 at 7:37PM EDT
Netflix hit with a labor complaint alleging the company is trying to stop employees from "speaking up" over Dave Chappelle's The Closer
Former Netflix program manager B.
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Posted Thursday 10/28/21 at 3:27AM EDT
Don't expect Netflix to quit Dave Chappelle after The Closer controversy
"It was not as if (Netflix co-CEO Ted) Sarandos could not have anticipated the backlash to The Closer; several of...
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Posted Thursday 10/28/21 at 3:27AM EDT
Garrett Morris calls Lorne Michaels a "genius," reflects on racism behind the scenes at SNL and defends Dave Chappelle
In a wide-ranging interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 84-year-old Morris recalled getting hired at Saturday Night Live -- when...
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Posted Tuesday 10/26/21 at 3:51AM EDT
The Dave Chappelle controversy is further proof Netflix isn't your friend
"Like most upstart studios, Netflix made inroads by targeting soft spots in the marketplace, areas where Hollywood’s institutional culture was...
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Dave Chappelle says he won't be "bending to anyone's demands," slams Hannah Gadsby as "not funny"
Chappelle released a standup comedy video on Instagram showing him responding to the trans controversy over his The Closer Netflix special.
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Posted Saturday 10/23/21 at 4:37AM EDT
Dave Chappelle has become "a ghost of comedy past"
Danielle Fuentes Morgan, who teaches a class on African American comedy, says Chappelle has evolved from his status as a...
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Posted Friday 10/22/21 at 1:26PM EDT
Dave Chappelle's rep says the comedian is "open" to a dialogue with Netflix employees who walked out over The Closer
"Dave stands by his Art.
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Posted Thursday 10/21/21 at 1:53PM EDT
Netflix is reportedly considering adding a content warning to Dave Chappelle's The Closer, as demanded by trans employees who walked out
The demands from the trans employees who walked out Wednesday in protest of Netflix's handing of The Closer included: "Add...
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Posted Thursday 10/21/21 at 3:46AM EDT
Dave Chappelle's The Closer receives a negative review in his hometown Yellow Springs, Ohio newspaper from a Black trans woman
"This is prob the only negative review of the Chappelle that leaves a mark, in part b/c it's in his...
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Hundreds join in Netflix protest rally over Dave Chappelle's The Closer
Today's rally in front of Netflix's Vine Street offices in Hollywood drew not only trans Netflix employees and their supporters,...
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Posted Wednesday 10/20/21 at 10:26AM EDT
Netflix says "we have much more work to do" ahead of this morning's employee walkout over Dave Chappelle's The Closer
Netflix's trans employees and their allies are scheduled to protest in front one of the streamer's buildings in Hollywood at 10:30...
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Netflix's Ted Sarandos admits "I screwed up" while continuing to defend Dave Chappelle
On the eve of a planned Netflix employee walkout over Chappelle's The Closer organized by trans and LGBTQ+ staffers, Netflix...
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Posted Tuesday 10/19/21 at 12:01AM EDT
Transgender Netflix staffer who was temporarily suspended says Dave Chappelle "is not, and has never been, the cause of this problem — he is a symptom of it"
Netflix software engineer Terra Field, who was suspended and reinstated last week after calling out the company over transphobic content...
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Posted Monday 10/18/21 at 3:42PM EDT
Some Netflix stars will appear in a PSA in support trans employees in their walkout over Dave Chappelle's The Closer
Angelica Ross, Jonathan Van Ness, Jameela Jamil, Eureka O’Hara and Colton Haynes will appear in the public service announcement for...
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Posted Saturday 10/16/21 at 5:53AM EDT
The fallout from Dave Chappelle's The Closer is in some ways the most interesting thing about the special
"Chappelle remains a gifted yarn-spinner who shifts from gravitas to irreverence as deftly as anyone," says Jason Zinoman of the...