Dave Chappelle: Breaking the Media Barrier Inside America’s Entertainment Bubble

Dave Chappelle speaks onstage during the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio on Oct. 30, 2021. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Since the Oct. 20 walk out at Netflix over comedian Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer” performance, in which he dared to joke about transgenderism, Chappelle has not only not backed down and apologized for his performance, he’s upped the ante.