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.
It depends on what they’re making fun of in regards to the person. If he’s joking about her being trans, that is punching down. If he’s joking about her unchecked privileges, that is punching up. Think less about people’s identity and more about their needs and then you will get a sense of direction.
Oh boy do I have a doozy for you then
https://youtu.be/86CT53xvOFY?si=xFXd-mLgGoOYJdOW
Please tell me if thats punching up or down so I can decide if I am allowed to laugh at it
Well the fun part about art is it is open to interpretation. If you laugh because “haha trans people are sexual deviants” then that’s rather shitty. If you laugh because “haha transphobic people sound like that” then you’re probably well adjusted. And if you know the context of Ricky Gervais and don’t laugh then you are well informed.