One of the world’s most influential comedy club owners is calling on the entire comedy community to support Dave Chappelle.
Laugh Factory founder Jamie Masada has called the recent Chappelle backlash an “Attack on the independence of comedy.” He’s also called for fellow comedians in the industry to show their support for the comic amid the storm about his material about trans people in the new Netflix special The Closer, for which Dave was paid a reported $24.1million.
While speaking with Los Angeles Times, Masada said: “If we don’t stand up for one another it won’t just be one of us that loses this freedom — it will be all of us — and once this freedom is gone, the doors of comedic expression will be sealed shut There’s no going back. Dave deserves the same freedoms that we all enjoy — the ones that make comedy what it is and provoke perspective shifts time and time again.”
“Without unfiltered comedy, the world would be a grey, sad place,’ he added. ‘The laughter comedy brings extends far beyond the confines of the stage, brightening up the lives of every audience member and those they come in contact with. It provides ecstasy on our good days, and reminds us that everyone is human on our worst days.”
Knowing Dave Chappelle since he was an up-and-coming youngster in the late 1980s, Masada remarks come in the midst of news that several trans employees at Netflix organized a walkout to protest at the company’s refusal to drop the special.
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has admitted he “screwed up” the response to criticism of Chappelle’s material, but has insisted the special fall short of being hate speech.
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