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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 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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Hannah Gadsby to Netflix's Ted Sarandos: "F*ck you and your amoral algorithm cult"
The Australian comedian, who became an international sensation starring in Netflix standup specials Nanette and Douglas, was not happy to...
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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...
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Posted Wednesday 10/13/21 at 3:53PM EDT
Report: Netflix employees raised concerns over Dave Chappelle's new special days before its release
Bloomberg News reports that employees raised "raised concerns about offensive material in Dave Chappelle’s new comedy special The Closer days...
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Netflix boss' Dave Chappelle memo was lip-servicey, tone-deaf and a masterwork of gaslighting
Co-CEO Ted Sarandos' memo to his Netflix staff defending Chappelle's "artistic freedom" in response to the backlash over his homophobic and...
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Posted Tuesday 10/12/21 at 8:55PM EDT
Trans Netflix employees plan a company-wide walkout to protest co-CEO Ted Sarandos' statements defending Dave Chappelle
The walkout scheduled for Oct.
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Posted Tuesday 10/12/21 at 2:09PM EDT
Jim Gaffigan returning to Netflix with a new standup special
Gaffigan's first Netflix special since 2017's Cinco is expected to premiere later this year.
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Posted Tuesday 10/12/21 at 2:58AM EDT
Dave Chappelle's The Closer stopped being fun when it started looking like something from Fox News
"Maybe you watch comedy specials to endure them, but I watch them to have a good time, and I stop...
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Netflix responds to LGBTQ backlash over Dave Chappelle: The Closer doesn't cross "the line on hate"
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos addressed staff members over the uproar over Chappelle's new standup special that Dear White People co-showrunner...
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Posted Saturday 10/09/21 at 3:32AM EDT
Dear White People's Jaclyn Moore on boycotting Netflix over Dave Chappelle: His transphobia "felt different" this time
"I never loved Dave’s trans material before but this time it felt different," the Dear White People co-showrunner, who is...
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Posted Friday 10/08/21 at 2:17PM EDT
Dave Chappelle gets a standing ovation at the Hollywood Bowl amid The Closer controversy: "If this is what being canceled is like, I love it"
“F*ck Twitter.
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Posted Thursday 10/07/21 at 1:12PM EDT
Check out Ricky Velez's HBO standup special trailer
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore alum collaborated with Judd Apatow for his first standup special, Ricky Velez: Here's Everything,...
