Analysis of Dave Chappelle's For What It's Worth Stand-Up Comedy

It is important to distinguish between ethnic stand-up comedians and those who are (or seek to be) assimilated in mainstream US culture. Ethnic comedians tend to rely upon

Dave Chappelle must have sipped bitter lemonade before his appearance at the roots picnic. After declaring he was not telling any jokes, he came with a few punchlines for comedic duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.

Recently Comedian Jim Jefferies, has received a lot of backlash for a joke made in his latest comedy special, Currently on Netflix, “Freedumb”. At the very start of the Special, Jim does a segment on The Bill Cosby rape allegations in late 2014. He has received massive backlash for this segment, even though he also claimed that he is an entertainer and that his jokes shouldn’t mean to be taken seriously. Even though he gave this disclaimer, people have stopped going to his shows and started protesting him, claiming that he can’t joke about rape.

To begin,Trevor Noah's article is suggesting two main reasons that are causing this division in our country. First, politics and politicians usually make people think of themselves as two parties ( Democrats vs Republican) rather than making them come together to build a better country. By doing that, most politicians feel of themselves safer and more powerful. For example, Noah states that "... like Mr. Trump want: Divided people are easier to rule" (2). Second, social media is playing a significant role in making Americas division go viral. Its main goal is to make the little things big, thus get people angry at each other and sow discord among them. It is all because different people have different ideas, beliefs, and views. He also talks

In 1989, Murphy entered the cinematic scene in Harlem Nights, a black comedy and crime movie directed by his brother. He also held minor roles in Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues and Jungle Fever. In the early 2000s, Murphy cemented his status as a comedic figure in Chappelle’s Show. Fans will remember Murphy and Chappelle's hilarious sketch series, “True Hollywood Stories,” where reenacted Murphy’s over-the-top encounters with Rick James and Prince. After Chappelle's Show, Murphy acted in various movies and TV shows as well as performing stand-up comedy, notably I Will Not Apologize and Acid Trip.

Using a combination of interviews, stories, and sociological historical insight, Michael Kimmel’s Guyland offers a descriptive theory of the ever changing social construction and performance of typical masculinity in mainstream North American youth culture. A large number of young men, Kimmel argues, currently live within the combined developmental stage and social space of “Guyland”: a world colored by its party of camaraderie, sex outside marriage, conformity, consumption, and irresponsibility. Kimmel researches these values through the various aspects of young men’s social environments and discusses the impact that Guyland has on their lives and the lives of those around them. Specifically, Kimmel argues that Guyland’s conformist, misogynist,

Mike Myers had an amazing upbringing as a comedian, actor,and screenwriter. As a child, Mike dreamt of being a part of a famous comedy show Saturday Night Live and The Late Show. As he got older he worked hard each day to become an amazing comedienne and made his dream’s come to true. Mike started acting At a young age, at the age of ten Mike filmed an ad with comedian Gida Radar where his dream start of being on the two comedy shows. Mikes career took off when he landed a job at Second city after high school. In 1989 Mikes dream come true he was hired to ton work on Saturday Night Live which is where he came up with many memorable charters for the show and is also where

In our skit Trump believed that our society is falling apart as we speak, because of the Mexicans jumping borders and coming into the country with no documents, and he also says that we can’t forget the terrorist bombing people. Trump’s point of view of having a society that’s united is to get rid of the terrorism and undocumented Mexicans. Hitler’s view on that is to get the Jews out and let the German rule the world, he also brings God’s name into his messy work. He says, “The almighty god would want us to take action”. Dr. King believe to have a unity within the society, everyone must work together. To hold a society we must understand each other and give everyone a chance to explain who they are as an individual that makes us a society.

The writer for the scholarly journal, Michael A. Chaney, is analyzing how race is shown in the TV show, South Park. In this case, the writer have molded their writing into short, yet complex sentences to fit with the formality of an educative journal. For instance, the writer supported their main point by proving how Eric Cartman, the main character, is appropriating black culture through his voices and actions. Moreover, the type of diction the writer chose were specialized words because they are trying to appeal to an expert interests in the topic of race. As a consequences of their words, their tone of voice is affected and therefore the writer appear to be more informative than casual. As expected of a scholarly journal, formality, seriousness,

Going into the play I had no idea what I was getting myself into but after viewing it I was sure glad I saw it. For this play critique on Black Comedy I will be focusing on the overall design elements and how they contribute to the production. First of the scenery was well done for the size of the stage and venue I was impressed in how they were able to incorporate multiple rooms including a second story and a hallways with multiple entrances and exits. One thing that bothered and confused me was the newspaper being used as wall paper. It had me questioning its purpose during the entire play. A part of the scenery was the lighting witch played a key roll in the play when the lights were off the actors acted as if the lights were on and all things normal

“Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.” Comedian Steve Martin said those words in his book Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life. Chris Rock is a perfect example of a comedian that mixes jokes with social commentary that can and will make some people uncomfortable. His style is crass in your face jokes about sensitive subjects that will make you squirm in your seats one minute and then laugh uncontrollably. Rocks’ 1996 Comedy special on HBO Bring the Pain infiltrated the air with his infamous quotes that cashed in on societal contrast so prevalent during the mid-1990s. A reviewer from the website Variety stated: “The language is crude yet dead-on; as he crawls into the minds of the lazy, women, blacks and whites he uncovers driving forces and attitudes that are far too real in modern society.” Millennials can enjoy his unexpired comedic style now despite the decade lapse.

“Saturday Night Live” suddenly missed the plot by featuring a fake drug commercial advertising and promoting it as an option for people “who want to use heroin” and at the same time, lead a normal life and not get too affected by it.

74When Ted Koppel made the connection of our generation being the first generation that will really be understood and visible to future generations, I found it fascinating. Books and their text only tell us so much about our history, but audio, people’s stories, and lives’ being recorded gives many different stories and perceptions of history. To be a Slave was a book, which also gave its readers the ability to understand a time in history through multiple perceptions, because it offered a verity of stories from different experiences. Most of the experiences told by the slaves, or stories passed down, were similar in their descriptions of their harsh and unjust conditions. “The house of the slaves were generally more fit for animals than human

In “Sounding Gendered: Vocal Performances”, Tom Delph-Janiurek argues that peoples voices are mediated by discourse (Giltrow 277). He explains that voices are interpreted through attribution to recognizable performances of roles and gendered and sexualized performances (Giltrow 276). According to Delph-Janiurek, voices are limited within the confines of certain societal hegemonic norms. He explains that the relationship between voices and bodies is not necessarily physiological; voices are vocal “performances”. There exists a pre-established gender duality within society, in which masculinity and the “male” voice is associated with the male body, and femininity

When studying the black diaspora within the United States, the story typically starts with the classic slave narratives including those of Frederick Douglass and Mary Price and ends with the affirmative action decisions of the late 1990s. History tells the story of an internal racial identity struggle through the institutions of slavery and oppression, resistance and rebellion, cultural reawakening and civil rights which evokes the question: what does it mean to be African American? Aaron McGruder’s animated series The Boondocks creates a context to consider the question of what it means to be an African American today and discusses the institutions that are now molding the African American identity. McGruder criticizes the idea of a