Just Get Ready: Dave Chappelle's New Year's Eve Netflix Standup Special Is Going To Be Controversial

Candace McDuffie
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Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix stand-up special will premiere on New Year’s Eve entitled The Dreamer. Earlier this month, a trailer was released that showed Chappelle’s iconic “C” logo with Morgan Freeman’s voice stating: “He’s back, folks.”

The film is the seventh that he has released with the streaming giant. “The Dreamer” was shot in Chappelle’s hometown of Washington, DC at the historic Lincoln Theatre. Emmy Award-winning director Stan Lathan returns to direct the special, having directed all seven of Chappelle’s Netflix specials.

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“In our country, you can shoot and kill a n***** , but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings.” He also cracked a joke about the gay rights making more progress than the push for equality has. “If slaves had oil and booty shorts on, we might have been free 100 years sooner,” he stated.

Chappelle also said that “gay people are minorities until they need to be white again,” as if gay people of color don’t exist. Despite the outrage that followed The Closer, it seemingly didn’t effect Chappelle’s bank account. He’s still been performing all around the country, hosted Saturday Night Live and appeared on rap albums like Killer Mike’s acclaimed Michael.

We’ll just have to see what dialogue Chappelle will start this time.

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