Does Dave Chappelle Find Anything Funnier Than Being Canceled?
During his appearance on <em>Saturday Night Live</em>, the comedian opened by addressing Ye’s and Kyrie Irving’s anti-Semitic statements.
by David Sims
Nov 13, 2022
4 minutes
Dave Chappelle’s comedy has always walked a practiced knife-edge; he’s one of America’s most successful and discussed stand-up comedians because he can suck the air out of the room in a second and fill it back up just as quickly. He can have his audience whispering “Did he just ?” but will then undercut his own provocation with an impish grin. He’s hosted three times since 2016, and each time was right after an election, seemingly on producer Lorne Michaels’s assumption that only Chappelle has the daring to really get into America’s political divides live on television. But this time, Chappelle came out
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