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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...
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Posted Saturday 10/16/21 at 5:53AM EDT
How Y: The Last Man subverted familiar trans stories
For her TV adaptation, showrunner Eliza Clark wanted to address the comic’s simplistic view of gender.
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Posted Friday 10/15/21 at 6:05PM EDT
Wanda Sykes backs Hannah Gadsby, Michelle Wolf takes the other side in Netflix-Dave Chappelle debate
“Now that’s what you call, ‘punching up!’” Sykes, who made her most recent standup special for Netflix said in the...
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Posted Friday 10/15/21 at 2:27PM EDT
Netflix fires employee who allegedly leaked confidential data revealing the cost of Dave Chappelle's The Closer
The unnamed employee revealed to Bloomberg earlier this week that Netflix spent $24.
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Posted Friday 10/15/21 at 2:57AM EDT
Dave Chappelle's The Closer LGBTQ controversy isn't a betrayal: It's exactly what he wanted to accomplish
"Dave Chappelle is getting plenty of heat for his latest Netflix special, The Closer," says Nicole Lewis.
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Netflix's new Dave Chappelle defense: Our content "doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm"
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos followed up on his Friday memo defending Chappelle's The Closer with a new memo on Monday...