Gonna pull some expertise as somebody who has written and published about Dave Chappelle. The problem with comedians like him now is that they think railing against "PC culture" puts them outside of the mainstream when it really doesn't. That's status quo behavior.

Dave Chappelle was great because his critics were once innovative and creative. Problem is society changes. And if you don't change with it positions and opinions that were once forward thinking and thought provoking become tired and worn.

When you make your mark as an outsider taking shots at those on the inside, then you become one of the insiders, it takes thought and introspection to maintain that same level of poignant critique. You have to ask yourself whose side are you on.

And it's clear Dave hasn't asked himself whose side he's on. Making fun of trans people is easy. Antagonizing people who call you homophobic is easy. It's not cutting edge. It's not creative. It doesn't push political or comedic boundaries. It's stale, and it's lazy.

Chappelle was a hero for challenging the status quo, for punching up, and making people think about race and class. NOW, he comes across as another guy complaining about how things used to be without ever considering that his refusal to change is the problem.

@PhuzzieSlippers Thank you, yes

@PhuzzieSlippers @DREWSINGS The job of a comedian or filmmaker should be to not only entertain but also horify and defy culture based on his/her observations. If society is uniform enough to think only in one way, then there has to be someone to give a counter view. That's the artists job.

@PhuzzieSlippers Dave was my hero not because he punched up. Of all the jokes hes made, i dont remember one that punched up. So a) you havent really listened to him before or b) you dont understand that up refers to anyone who is seemingly wielding power over others.

@PhuzzieSlippers Dave’s jokes are not about punching up or down it’s about promoting the individual over the group. Consider his “alphabet people” bit or the story about Daphne in the Epilogue.

@PhuzzieSlippers ~Dave Chappelle holds a benefit concert for victims of mass shooting. ~Chappelle Expert Reece : No tweet. ~Dave Chappelle jokes about current issues on his Netflix special. ~Chappelle Expert Reece: yen yen yen Get your priorities right, 'Professor.'

@PhuzzieSlippers @johnpaul_91 "The people who are offended are those who you should be sympathizing with, the people who your jokes should defend and protect." I had no idea that comedians' main purpose in society was to defend and protect minorities. Who mandated that? When? Who agreed?

@PhuzzieSlippers Does comedy have boundaries?

@PhuzzieSlippers We're all entitled to our opinions if if they're wrong. Just like you sir

@PhuzzieSlippers Jokes should "defend and protect?" Since when?

@PhuzzieSlippers A comics job is not to protect/defend anyone. A comic is supposed to hold a mirror up to society and find the funny in it no matter the person. Nobody is safe and that is the point. If a comedian saying "mean things" hurts, you need a real problem in life or watch something else.

@PhuzzieSlippers Great job of proving Chapelle is directly over the target. Until you/others accept that no one is above being made the butt of jokes, you will continue to be made just that. Demanding equality & then crying about not being excluded b/c you’re “special” is epic hypocrisy.

@PhuzzieSlippers It IS brave to express his opinion in contradiction to a tyrannic pc majority who value free speech, only some speech is more free than others (to paraphrase George Orwell). Seen a mirror lately?