Dave Chappelle has released a new Netflix special, The Dreamer, which is full of jokes about the trans community and disabled people.
“I love punching down!” he tells the audience, in a one-hour show that landed on the streaming service today (31 December).
It’s his seventh special for Netflix and comes two years after his last one, the highly controversial release The Closer.
That programme was criticised for its relentless jokes about the trans community, and Chappelle revisits the topic in his new show.
He tells jokes about trans women in prison, and about trans people “pretending” to be somebody they are not.
Thanks for more info, my opinion was definitely wrong and like I said to the other person, thanks for the education instead of judgment. I still don’t blame misinformed people for being scared though, because when you don’t know all the facts it seems completely wrong to alter a child who can’t make it’s own decisions. I think the best way to get proper legislation that protects those people is to educate the masses. A good documentary that airs on all the major news channels would be cool. I remember they did that for global warming when I was a kid and I guess it didn’t completely work for everyone but it worked for me. Should be all the streaming services this time though.
I agree, that’s why it’s important to get the info out there. There’s so much scare-mongering involved over a minority of people who just want to be able to live their lives normally. If it can help you and the other people who might stumble across it to hear that science actually supports protecting trans people, with the evidence to back it up, then it’s worth writing it out.