Pearl Clutcher gets all antsy a Dave Chapelle’s joke.
That much is obvious, early in the special, where he talks about an idea for a film centered on an ancient civilization that discovered space travel, left the planet and then came back, determined to claim the Earth for their own. His punchline is the title for the film: Space Jews.
Even the adoring audience in Detroit took a breath on that one. “It’s gonna get worse than that,” Chappelle retorts, laughing. But I’m not sure it did. Because that was pretty awful.
For Dave Chappelle, punchlines are dares. His new special, ‘The Closer,’ goes too far
The author pretty much has a conniption explaining the comedy special and the jokes that pushed past the limits according to him and even accusing Chapelle of antisemitism. I would not accuse him of being anti-Jew but of stealing material from Mel Brooks.
I am not a fan of Chapelle, but I have to respect the guy who simply does not give a damn about “Wokenism” and the Cancel Culture.