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Watch: Dave Chappelle Drops Surprise Comedy Special “8:46” Addressing George Floyd, Police Brutality & Protests

The outspoken comedian lets the world in on his thoughts regarding black death at the hands of cops. Candace Owens and <span>Laura Ingraham</span> catch some heat, too.

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On YouTube, covers recent events in US including George Floyd. Will watch Chappelle in anything, socially distanced obviously.

Hoping an extended cut surfaces on Netflix.

 

[AfricanKing]

Amazing Stand up.

 

[Rentahamster]

Just finished. Good shit by Dave. He knows how to package a story and communicate a message well.

 

[Coolwhhip]

I love Chapelle, but this is more a rant than a comedy special.

 

[Rentahamster]

I love Chapelle, but this is more a rant than a comedy special.

What do you think of Louis Black, Sam Kinison, or Bill Hicks?

 

[JSoup]

What do you think of Louis Black, Sam Kinison, or Bill Hicks?

There's a difference between comedians comedy style being ranting and a comedian just ranting.
But you already knew that.

 

[Rentahamster]

There's a difference between comedians comedy style being ranting and a comedian just ranting.
But you already knew that.

I knew it. Can you tell?

 

[JSoup]

I knew it. Can you tell?

I think most people know what obvious bait or a 'gotcha!' attempt looks like, yes.

 

[Rentahamster]

I think most people know what obvious bait or a 'gotcha!' attempt looks like, yes.

Hm, it looks like you can't.

 

[EviLore]

Not comedic, but worth a watch. Dave can express his thoughts and feelings on this better than most.

Good point about how the police act as a unified community when retaliating for the sake of their own.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

I thought it was great.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Not comedic, but worth a watch. Dave can express his thoughts and feelings on this better than most.

Good point about how the police act as a unified community when retaliating for the sake of their own.

Do they only do that when the colleague is white though? If a black cop gets killed they don't do anything?

 

[EviLore]

Do they only do that when the colleague is white though? If a black cop gets killed they don't do anything?

I don’t know the stats on that, and it may be difficult to determine accurately.

 

[Droxcy]

Dave’s always on top of it last couple he’s done have been great

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Well done Dave. He has an amazing way of talking about topics that are controversial, and unifying the audience

 

[#Phonepunk#]

Oh hell yeah im super interested to hear his takes

Dave is funny as fuck dude and one of the realest out there

 

[Tesseract]

aces, dave is the best

 

[Scotty W]

Not cool to say that about Candace Owens. He misrepresented what she said.

I have no interest in the internet’s misogyny witch hunt, but that comment was real misogyny- it is disappointing to hear my favorite comedian say something like that.

 

[King of Foxes]

Feels like Dave is starting to Morph into Carlin and thats great

 

[Coily]

I love Chapelle, but this is more a rant than a comedy special.

you completely missed the point when he talked about the "shut up and dribble" Laura Bitch Ingraham bit

Not cool to say that about Candace Owens. He misrepresented what she said.

I have no interest in the internet’s misogyny witch hunt, but that comment was real misogyny- it is disappointing to hear my favorite comedian say something like that.

Candace Owens is a cunt

 

[VGEsoterica]

Gonna watch this tonight. Chapelle has been in top form in the last few years

 

[ResilientBanana]

I don't think there was a single word that didn't have an impact, jokes aside.

 

[Cravis]

Looking forward to watching this. Chapelle is not afraid to call it like it is. He doesn’t care who gets offended.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I haven't watched it yet but guy is a legend. Wonder if he says anything that people are gonna try (and fail) to cancel him again for.

 

[MastAndo]

I haven't watched it yet but guy is a legend. Wonder if he says anything that people are gonna try (and fail) to cancel him again for.

He didn't. Resetera seems to love him again.

This was a pretty good watch - there's some real poignant stuff here and certainly worth watching, no matter where you stand in all of this. He's a master at his craft. It's not his typical special, but the Candace Owens stuff still cracked me up - "she's so articulate, she can tell you how much of an idiot she is, precisely."

 

[EviLore]

Not cool to say that about Candace Owens. He misrepresented what she said.

I have no interest in the internet’s misogyny witch hunt, but that comment was real misogyny- it is disappointing to hear my favorite comedian say something like that.

 

[Airola]

He went all Nanette with this, but at least he knows how to talk to people, how to keep people listening.

 

[Pumpkin Seeds]

This will get him a pat on the head from the people who were trying to cancel him before.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

This will get him a pat on the head from the people who were trying to cancel him before.

Doubt it, to be honest.

Anyway, great talk. Not much comedy, but definitely worth the listen.

 

[Ememee]

Didn’t agree with what he said necessarily but I love Dave and always embrace him speaking. He speaks from the gut. From the heart.

And I’m stoked to have seen Candace react in the way that she did.

 

[Blade2.0]

Not cool to say that about Candace Owens. He misrepresented what she said.

I have no interest in the internet’s misogyny witch hunt, but that comment was real misogyny- it is disappointing to hear my favorite comedian say something like that.

if there was ever a woman that deserves it, it's Candace owens.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Still waiting on the report on what that pussy smells like

 

[GAMETA]

Was a powerful speech but he's a millionaire that won't feel the consequences of broken local economy... yeah, people are beyond mad but you gotta think a bit ffs.

I'm all in for protests, including violent ones when needed, but break the fucking government buildings if you have to break something, not homes and stores and shit that will just aggravate the poor situation and condition of your community, be it neighborhood-wise or city-wise.

Anger is a powerful tool of change, but being the fucking animal that breaks other people's lives and steal their shit is the most retarded stupid thing one can make, so yeah, I wish Dave would've told them that too.

 

[haxan7]

That’s a sermon. Hard pass on Chappelle from me at this point.

 

[mortal]

I like Dave Chappelle, but I wasn't feeling this one.

I'm glad he's willing to express himself earnestly with no filter, it's something I wish more people would do.
It's interesting that he rags on Candace Owens in particular. even though she's one of the few people actually openly speaking on actual issues plaguing black Americans communities the most today.
Yet he called her "the worst" and an "articulate idiot." An educated black woman openly discussing on the issues of extreme rates of black on black violence, a nearly 70% rate of black single motherhood, poor education within black communities. Of all the people to aim his ire towards, that had me shaking my head tbh.

He makes such an emotional rant for what happened to George Floyd, and understandably so, but was noticeably less concerned for innocent police officers being murdered in retaliation for an unrelated incident.

Was more of an emotional rant than standup.

 

[Stouffers]

He’s a modern day Mark Twain.

 

[Rentahamster]

He’s a modern day Mark Twain.

He did win the Mark Twain prize.

Dave Chappelle wins the 2019 Mark Twain Prize

https://www.kennedy-center.org/pages/specialevents/marktwain An outstanding lineup of entertainers gathered in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to salute Dave Chappelle, recipient of the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on October 27, 2019. The Prize, which is named to honor one...

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Unfortunately, the PBS video is no longer available.

 

[-Arcadia-]

I like Dave Chappelle, but I wasn't feeling this one.

I'm glad he's willing to express himself earnestly with no filter, it's something I wish more people would do.
It's interesting that he rags on Candace Owens in particular. even though she's one of the few people actually openly speaking on actual issues plaguing black Americans communities the most today.
Yet he called her "the worst" and an "articulate idiot." An educated black woman openly discussing on the issues of extreme rates of black on black violence, a nearly 70% rate of black single motherhood, poor education within black communities. Of all the people to aim his ire towards, that had me shaking my head tbh.

He makes such an emotional rant for what happened to George Floyd, and understandably so, but was noticeably less concerned for innocent police officers being murdered in retaliation for an unrelated incident.

Was more of an emotional rant than standup.

With you. Dave is like this on all close emotional issues for black people.

I respect and love him, but he swallowed the IDPOL blue pill hard at some point, which is weird, because he's such an intelligent person.

 

[Rentahamster]

He makes such an emotional rant for what happened to George Floyd, and understandably so, but was noticeably less concerned for innocent police officers being murdered in retaliation for an unrelated incident.

How are you able to determine the relative level of concern he has for each subject? He has concern for both.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Is there any comedy in here?

Angry Dave Chapel is not as interesting to me.

 

[vpance]

Couldn’t finish this. Wasn’t expecting to hear a mostly emotional rant from him. Dave usually brings some funny nuance to whatever topic but maybe I missed it here.

 

[bender]

Dave called her, to paraphrase, "a well-spoken idiot". Seems about right.

 

[-Arcadia-]

Is there any comedy in here?

Angry Dave Chapel is not as interesting to me.

Couldn’t finish this. Wasn’t expecting to hear a mostly emotional rant from him. Dave usually brings some funny nuance to whatever topic but maybe I missed it here.

Guys. It's named after the 9 minutes a man took to die. Did you expect Knock Knock jokes?

No offense meant, I'm just saying.

 

[mortal]

With you. Dave is like this on all close emotional issues for black people.

I respect and love him, but he swallowed the IDPOL blue pill hard at some point, which is weird, because he's such an intelligent person.

Yea It's unfortunate, but it's whatever. Would be interesting to see him have an honest conversation with someone like Candance, or even Larry Elder.

How are you able to determine the relative level of concern he has for each subject? He has concern for both.

Just my observation from watching the video. The special is literally named in reference to the incident involving George Floyd and Derek Chauvin. He wasn't exactly being subtle tbh.

Dave called her, to paraphrase, "a well-spoken idiot". Seems about right.

Why is she an idiot, exactly?

 

[Rentahamster]

Just my observation from watching the video. The special is literally named in reference to the incident involving George Floyd and Derek Chauvin. He wasn't exactly being subtle tbh.

Does that take away from the others? Is Silence compliance?

 

[Rentahamster]

I'd be interested in seeing this.

 

[bender]

Why is she an idiot, exactly?

Watch what Dave says about her and then read her response. Seems pretty clear. If I were labeling her, I'd say she's more of an opportunistic grifter a la Dave Rubin. Respect the hustle, I guess..

 

[Rentahamster]

Is this an easier pill to swallow?

 

[bender]

Is this an easier pill to swallow?

I didn't know I couldn't do that.

 

[vpance]

Guys. It's named after the 9 minutes a man took to die. Did you expect Knock Knock jokes?

No offense meant, I'm just saying.

Knock knock, no. Just thought it would be less ranty. He was more angry than I thought he’d be.