Critics call to cancel Dave Chappelle, Netflix for ‘ridiculing trans people’
Posted on AllSides October 7th, 2021
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Mathieu Bitton
Cancel culture is threatening to shutdown Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer.”
The always outspoken stand-up comic is pushing the public’s buttons again — and a swelling wave of culture critics and activist organizations are calling for his brand-new Netflix special to be yanked from the streaming giant’s catalog.
The special — the sixth and final in the Emmy winner’s big-bucks deal with Netflix — premiered Tuesday, and immediately stoked the flames of controversy with incendiary jokes about transgender women.