00:00Dave Chappelle is doubling down on his jokes amid controversy surrounding his new Netflix special, The Closer.
00:07The comedian took center stage Thursday night at the Hollywood Bowl for a sold-out show,
00:12performing to a crowd that included Brad Pitt, Tiffany Haddish, Stevie Wonder, Jon Hamm, and more.
00:18While the comedian did not repeat any of the jokes in the special that have been loudly rejected,
00:23he did have a few things to say on cancel culture, saying,
00:26If this is what being canceled is like, I love it.
00:28At another point, he was more blunt.
00:31Twitter, NBC News, ABC News, all these stupid ass networks.
00:35I'm not talking to them. I'm talking to you. This is real life.
00:39Many in the LGBTQ community, in particular trans women, have objected to the comic's Netflix special
00:45after Chappelle used their real lives, bodies, and gender identity as punchlines in The Closer.
00:51On the topic of gender, Chappelle said in the special, gender is a fact.
00:55Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on Earth.
01:03That is a fact.
01:06He also sided with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling by identifying as Team Turf,
01:11a term that means trans-exclusionary radical feminist, an ideology that excludes trans women as women.
01:18I'm Team Turf.
01:19The National Black Justice Coalition called for The Closer to be pulled from the streamer,
01:24and glad weighed in on Twitter, Dave Chappelle's brand has become synonymous with ridiculing trans people and other marginalized communities.
01:32Jacqueline Moore, a trans writer, executive producer, and showrunner who worked on Netflix's Dear White People,
01:37also took a stand, saying she will no longer work with Netflix,
01:40while the company continues to put out and profit from blatantly and dangerously transphobic content.
01:46For his part, Chappelle delivered an earnest moment while he doubled down on themes so prominently displayed in the doc.
01:52Do something nice for someone who looks nothing like you.
01:54We have to trust one another.
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