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Alyk

Alyk

Boston, MA
February 2005

APR 14, 2006 09:43 PM

Dave Chappelle explained to Esquire magazine his motives behind walking away from $50 million and his hugely successful television show. The comic stressed he abandoned “The Chappelle Show”, one of his greatest accomplishments, for cultural, professional, and personal reasons.

Culturally: "The bottom line was, white people own everything, and where can a black person go and be himself or say something that's familiar to him and not have to explain or apologize?"

Professionally: "I felt like I was really pressured to settle for something that I didn't necessarily feel like I wanted."

Personally: "The thing about show business is that, in a way, it forces dysfunctional relationships in people."





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Belllla

Belllla

Houston, TX
February 2004

APR 15, 2006 02:16 AM

His was the best Inside The Actors Studio I've seen in a very long time. love

Keith

Keith

Hooker, OK
August 2002

APR 15, 2006 03:45 AM

If he wanted to continue the show, he should go to HBO and tell them "Give me a shitload of money and don't talk to me." I bet they'd do it.

lowroller

lowroller

Australia
May 2008

APR 15, 2006 05:45 AM

I haven't seen much of his show, but what I did see I liked a lot.

Bastardo

Bastardo

Boston, MA
January 2005

APR 15, 2006 05:57 AM

Aw, c'mon Dave, walk it off man.

The_New_Scum

The_New_Scum

United Kingdom
March 2006

APR 15, 2006 06:10 AM

I've not seen nearly enough of this show because its not on that often over here. I have however, seen and loved the episode with Wayne Brady.

"Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch!?"

Anton

Anton

Australia
September 2003

APR 15, 2006 06:31 AM

TheNewScumUK said:
"Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch!?"


I'd never seen where that came from until right how. Hilarrrious! Check it.

implod

implod

Seattle, WA
January 2004

APR 15, 2006 07:02 AM

this seems like such old news, i mean ive heard or read him interviwed about this so many times youd have to be living under a rock not to have come across his explanation by now.

MC_Dove

MC_Dove

Cincinnati, OH
November 2004

APR 15, 2006 07:14 AM

TheNewScumUK said:

"Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch!?"




white people love wayne brady because he makes brian gumble look like malcolm x.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

APR 15, 2006 07:54 AM

Translation: Too many lame-asses saying "i'm Rick James, bitch!!"

I can't blame the guy.

seamoan

seamoan

Boston, MA
March 2006

APR 15, 2006 08:24 AM

oh, how i love dave chappelle

Ghost_dance

Ghost_dance

Cincinnati, OH
March 2004

APR 15, 2006 08:52 AM

Keith said:
If he wanted to continue the show, he should go to HBO and tell them "Give me a shitload of money and don't talk to me." I bet they'd do it.



"it's not HBO, it's just regular ass TV"

CocoabutteR

CocoabutteR

Brooklyn, NY
March 2006

APR 15, 2006 08:58 AM

PointBlank said:
Translation: Too many lame-asses saying "i'm Rick James, bitch!!"

I can't blame the guy.


bingo and word.

TheFly

TheFly

Eagle Springs, NC
November 2003

APR 15, 2006 09:59 AM

How did it know it would have a "cultural" angle to it. I respected him and honored any reasons he had until he played the race card.

I'm white and no one's offered me 50 Million dollars for my own show. Oh Dave, how you've hurt me.

alpha_hazard

alpha_hazard

Fort Collins, CO
April 2004

APR 15, 2006 10:12 AM

TheFly said:
How did it know it would have a "cultural" angle to it. I respected him and honored any reasons he had until he played the race card.

I'm white and no one's offered me 50 Million dollars for my own show. Oh Dave, how you've hurt me.



He played the race card a long time ago by saying that it's not offensive if it's a minority saying it. THe best part about the show was that I know so many people who loved it, and all of a sudden it was cool to joke about racism...and if anybody called you on it, you could just play it off as you quoting the show.

It seems that there is a lot of pressure on Comedy Central personalities these days to not rock the boat or something... skull

dingoes8

dingoes8

Milwaukee, WI
March 2004

APR 15, 2006 10:24 AM

He's one of my favorite stand up comedians ever, but I can't watch his show for more than a couple minutes before wanting to change the channel. Most of the bits are just beating a single joke into the floor for five minutes, which is precisely why stupid, uncreative white college boys who liked American Pie 2 and Porky's 3 locked onto it and mindlessly chanted the catchphrases.

LiquidYogi

LiquidYogi

Claremont, CA
September 2003

APR 15, 2006 12:13 PM

Soo I don't understand...were white people yelling "Dance Monkey...DANCE!!" Or were they just trying to coerse his show creatively into something he didn't want? Or was he just a wimp who couldn't take all that stress of being successful and left to go smoke some weed?

wottan

wottan

Vancouver, BC
July 2004

APR 15, 2006 12:15 PM

alpha_hazard said:

TheFly said:
How did it know it would have a "cultural" angle to it. I respected him and honored any reasons he had until he played the race card.

I'm white and no one's offered me 50 Million dollars for my own show. Oh Dave, how you've hurt me.



He played the race card a long time ago by saying that it's not offensive if it's a minority saying it. THe best part about the show was that I know so many people who loved it, and all of a sudden it was cool to joke about racism...and if anybody called you on it, you could just play it off as you quoting the show.

It seems that there is a lot of pressure on Comedy Central personalities these days to not rock the boat or something... skull




I seem to recall him saying that the differences he high-lights in his sketches are just cultural differences, and its just poking fun at our own cultures.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

APR 15, 2006 12:56 PM

TheFly said:
How did it know it would have a "cultural" angle to it. I respected him and honored any reasons he had until he played the race card.

I'm white and no one's offered me 50 Million dollars for my own show. Oh Dave, how you've hurt me.


"Playing the race card" is one of the lamest, most over-used phrases of the last decade. Care to explain what you mean, without resorting to half assed cliches?

Maybe you're saying that Dave shouldn't say that the reason he hung it up because (in part) he was sick of being the black guy making all the content, while the white execs were the ones who pulled the strings and ran the networks? Maybe you think it's a bad reason, but I'll trust Dave--if that's why he says he's leaving, then that's why. Don't like it? Too bad. He doesn't owe you a goddamned thing. And this is coming from a guy who doesn't really like the show.

Oh, and the reason you haven't been offered 50$ million for a show: You're untalented and unfunny--just a theory, one that doesn't have to do with race.

[Edited on Apr 15, 2006 by PointBlank]

LiquidYogi

LiquidYogi

Claremont, CA
September 2003

APR 15, 2006 01:04 PM

I agree with PointBlank

that race card crap has been pissing me off.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

APR 15, 2006 01:14 PM

LiquidYogi said:
I agree with PointBlank

that race card crap has been pissing me off.


I hope you realize that I was complaining about white people saying "He's playing the race card" every time a black person brings up race.

Solaris

Solaris

SUICIDEGIRL

British Columbia, Canada

APR 15, 2006 02:29 PM

dingoes8 said:
He's one of my favorite stand up comedians ever, but I can't watch his show for more than a couple minutes before wanting to change the channel. Most of the bits are just beating a single joke into the floor for five minutes, which is precisely why stupid, uncreative white college boys who liked American Pie 2 and Porky's 3 locked onto it and mindlessly chanted the catchphrases.



agree whole-heartedly. it's not like some of it wasn't funny... but i definetly think it wasn't even close to his best work.

then again, i did flip to 'robin hood: men in tights' last night and recall that he's in it... haha.

seanvegas

seanvegas

Lincoln, NE
December 2004

APR 15, 2006 02:32 PM

That show wasn't really all that funny.

Keith

Keith

Hooker, OK
August 2002

APR 15, 2006 02:36 PM

seanvegas said:
That show wasn't really all that funny.


It was usually just the few minutes of brilliance in every episode that made it seem like genius. Plus when compared, in retrospect, to Mind of Mencia (shudder)...

EndedBen

EndedBen

Grand Rapids, MI
August 2004

APR 15, 2006 02:42 PM

Full disclosure: PointBlank is the inspiration for the Player Hater's Ball.

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