Netflix has revealed the title, premiere date, and guest lineup of David Letterman’s new talk show. Titled My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, the six-episode, hourlong series debuts next Friday, January 12th with a pretty big first guest: President Barack Obama. Other guests slated to show up throughout the series include George […]
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In his Netflix shows the comic defends his right to provoke, but protests against his gags about misconduct allegations and transgender people are justified
Dave Chappelle’s first Netflix specials, released last spring, left his reputation in need of recovery. Those two sets were widely criticised for their transphobia. Suddenly, a comic once considered radical for his super-smart critiques of race in America was toeing a conservative line on a new generation’s struggle for social justice. But now Chappelle’s back with two more Netflix offerings – and he’s not in the business of recovering his reputation at all. At least, not in the way you might expect.
Yes, in the first of the specials, Equanimity, he addresses the row over his trans material. “You know who hates me the most?” he asks. “The transgender community.” He’s not here to express regret. He likes transgender people, he says, and supports their struggle to live equally and without fear. But he reserves the right to joke at their expense. And he does so, once more from the vantage point of a self-satisfied straight guy who finds their identity inherently comical.
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Continue ReadingBack in 2016 it was reported that Workaholics stars Adam Devine, Anders Holm, and Blake Anderson were set to star in a Netflix comedy together called Game Over, Man!, and today the streaming network released the first trailer. Produced by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Scott Rudin, and director/fellow Workaholics alum Kyle Newacheck, the movie centers […]
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Netflix already has plans to premiere a new Ricky Gervais stand-up special in early 2018. Now comes word from the comedian that he’s got a second special ordered from the streaming giant. As you may have read, Netflix have bought two stand up specials. The first, Humanity, which I have toured and filmed. And the […]
Continue ReadingRicky Gervais has two standup specials heading to Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network has bought the rights to Gervais’s next standup special, following last month’s news that Netflix would debut a special from Gervais titled after his tour Humanity, which was taped in London last year. “I can’t wait for Humanity […]
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