Here’s what you should know about Dave Chappelle’s Netflix controversy
Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix comedy special has turned out to be not so funny to everyone.
After “The Closer” premiered Oct. 5, it ignited a backlash specifically for Chappelle’s remarks about transgender people and his defense of “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, who has been condemned for repeatedly expressing transphobic rhetoric.
The fallout has led to at least one Netflix staffer getting fired, an employee walkout and protest within Netflix, a widely criticized staff memo from Ted Sarandos, the streaming giant’s co-chief executive, and even a standing ovation for Chappelle at a Hollywood Bowl appearance.
These stories will bring you up to date on the controversy.
The Duke Ellington School of the Arts will proceed with naming its theater after alum Dave Chappelle, despite backlash over his recent Netflix special.
Dave Chappelle dropped by D.C.’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts earlier this week and received a less than glowing reception from some students.
Two former Netflix employees withdrew an accusation they lodged with the National Labor Relations Board that alleged the streamer tried to stop them from speaking up about working conditions.
The NLRB complaint alleges Netflix retaliated against employees for ‘speaking up’ against the company’s handling of Chappelle’s comedy special ‘The Closer.’
In a new stand-up performance, Dave Chappelle says he has three requirements before meeting with Netflix employees who disliked his latest comedy special.
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After Netflix employees staged a walkout over his special ‘The Closer,’ Dave Chappelle is standing ‘by his Art’ but will listen to what critics have to say.
Elliot Page, Angelica Ross, Jonathan Van Ness, Dan Levy, Peppermint, Jameela Jamil and more stars showed their support for the Netflix walkout.
Dave Chappelle has found an ally in the Laugh Factory’s founder, who’s rallying the comedy community to support the embattled comedian.
Demonstrators began arriving outside the Netflix office on Vine Street in Los Angeles about 10 a.m. Wednesday and chanted, “Trans lives matter.”
Trans Netflix employees and their allies gathered Wednesday in L.A. to protest Dave Chappelle’s new special. The comedian’s supporters showed up too.
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos admits he ‘should have led with a lot more humanity’ while addressing concerns about Dave Chappelle’s ‘The Closer.’
Transgender Netflix staffers are protesting the streamer’s decision to release Dave Chappelle’s new comedy special, which contains transphobic material.
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LGBTQ+ employees behind Netflix’s ‘Most’ Twitter account say “the last couple of weeks have been hard” since the release of Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer.”
Performers today have more freedom of speech than before, not less.
A Netflix employee has been fired for sharing “confidential, commercially sensitive information” related to Dave Chappelle’s polarizing new special.
The Emmy-winning comic lambastes Netflix’s Ted Sarandos amid the fallout from Dave Chappelle’s new special, “The Closer.”
Three L.A. comics discuss whether Chappelle’s jokes were punching down or just needed some punching up.
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Trans Netflix employees and allies will take “a day of rest” on Oct. 20 in protest of their company’s decision to release Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer.”
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Instead of using “creative freedom” to justify Chappelle’s special, Netflix should just say what it means: Inclusion is great but money is better.
Netflix has suspended software engineer Terra Field and two others after the employees allegedly attended a business meeting they were not invited to.
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Chappelle has painfully glaring blind spots when it comes to intersectionality. Yes, you can be Black and queer at the same time.
Comic Dave Chappelle got a warm welcome at the Hollywood Bowl despite “being canceled” for making transphobic comments in his new Netflix special.
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“Those words have real-world consequences,” tweeted TV writer Jaclyn Moore after Chappelle made transphobic comments in his new Netflix special.
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Members of the LGBTQ+ community were not pleased with comedian Dave Chappelle co-signing J.K. Rowling’s transphobic remarks in his new Netflix special.
