Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Dave Chappelle
When discussing the movie "Bamboozled" today in lecture, I couldn't help thinking about the way in which Comedy Central's "Chappelle's Show" came to an end. The star of the program, Dave Chapelle, left the show after performing in a sketch in which he performed in blackface and dressed as a character in a minstrel show. This seemed very similar to the plot of "Bamboozled" that Professor Kalmar told us.
From Wikipedia:
Chappelle also admitted to Oprah that he felt some of his sketches were "socially irresponsible". He singled out the "pixie sketch" in which pixies appear to people and encourage them to reinforce stereotypes of their races. In the sketch, Chappelle is wearing blackface and is dressed as a character in a minstrel show. According to Chappelle, during the filming of the sketch, a white crew member was laughing in a way that made him feel uncomfortable and made him rethink the show. Chappelle said "it was the first time I felt that someone was not laughing with me but laughing at me."
The sketch was later aired on the show againt Chappelle's wishes and included comments from audience members on their opinion on whether the show was satarizing racial stereotypes, or merely reinforcing them. For the most part, the audience found the sketches more thought provoking than offensive.
You can view the sketch at the following link: http://milkandcookies.com/link/48511/detail/
WARNING: Video contains coarse language and may be offensive to some.
What do you think?
From Wikipedia:
Chappelle also admitted to Oprah that he felt some of his sketches were "socially irresponsible". He singled out the "pixie sketch" in which pixies appear to people and encourage them to reinforce stereotypes of their races. In the sketch, Chappelle is wearing blackface and is dressed as a character in a minstrel show. According to Chappelle, during the filming of the sketch, a white crew member was laughing in a way that made him feel uncomfortable and made him rethink the show. Chappelle said "it was the first time I felt that someone was not laughing with me but laughing at me."
The sketch was later aired on the show againt Chappelle's wishes and included comments from audience members on their opinion on whether the show was satarizing racial stereotypes, or merely reinforcing them. For the most part, the audience found the sketches more thought provoking than offensive.
You can view the sketch at the following link: http://milkandcookies.com/link/48511/detail/
WARNING: Video contains coarse language and may be offensive to some.
What do you think?
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