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Michelle Buteau Slams Dave Chappelle’s Anti-Trans Jokes in New Netflix Special: We Can ‘Tell Stories and Not Disparage Whole Communities’
Michelle Buteau slammed Dave Chappelle and his controversial jokes about the transgender community in her new Netflix comedy special.
Michelle Buteau slammed Dave Chappelle and his controversial jokes about the transgender community in her new comedy special “Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall,” which debuted Tuesday on Netflix. Buteau began criticizing Chappelle after telling a story about her “Black lesbian friend.” She noted the subject matter elicited a spectrum of reactions from the crowd, with some laughing and some uncomfortable, but emphasized that comedians should be able “to tell jokes and stories and not disparage a whole community.” This is a Radio City Music Hall takeover, and I’m gonna tell everybody I wanna make millions and millions of dollars for making people feel safe, seen, secure, heard and entertained.”
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