It’s the comedian’s first special for the streamer since 2021’s highly controversial ‘The Closer’

Dave Chappelle has released a new Netflix special, The Dreamer, which is full of jokes about the trans community and disabled people.

“I love punching down!” he tells the audience, in a one-hour show that landed on the streaming service today (31 December).

It’s his seventh special for Netflix and comes two years after his last one, the highly controversial release The Closer.

That programme was criticised for its relentless jokes about the trans community, and Chappelle revisits the topic in his new show.

He tells jokes about trans women in prison, and about trans people “pretending” to be somebody they are not.

  • @escaped_cruzader
    34•1 year ago

    For example, I’m Jewish. If a non-Jew makes a “Jews run the world” joke, it’ll likely come across as highly anti-semitic. If I were to make that joke, I’d stand a decent chance of getting a laugh

    You mean to say that the Jews that run the world have access to exclusive jokes?

    • @Wogi
      13•1 year ago

      There’s a whole space laser corps you’re missing out on

      • @CurlyMoustache
        3•1 year ago

        Yes! The Protocols of the Elders of Zion are just a collection of Seinfeld jokes