Racing License
by Brad Connors
How do you make racism funny? The Chappelle Show has been the topic of much controversy among critics lately. He started off doing occasional comedy gigs in the stand up circuit, however, now his show is one of the most explicit and racist out there.
Dave Chappelle has a gift, a gift of making racism funny to people of any origin, culture, or race. His jokes and such are far from any other comedian out there right now. When you watch his show you just can't help but laugh. Chappelle has earned many other things as a result of his show; he has been in numerous movies, such as Undercover Brother, the Nutty Professor, and Con Air among many others.
So we return to the main question, how does Chappelle make racism so funny? There are many answers to this, first off its not very often you see an African American on stage making fun of his race along with everybody else's. This show as you can imagine is rated TV-MA, which means only intended for mature audiences. Another reason I think that people find this show so humorous is because with this new generation of people coming into the world, people are so sick of hearing about racism, and segregation that he puts makes this material hilarious to his viewers and lets them step back for a minute. Chappelle does whatever he wants when he wants, because he knows regardless somebody is going to find it funny.
So has the question of how does Chappelle make racism so funny been answered? I think it has been explained fairly well in this paper. Regardless though I think that if you haven't seen the Chappelle Show you should defiantly take some time to watch it sometime because it will be well worth your while.