Dave Chappelle hosted 'SNL' and it wasn't controversial at all, nope, not one bit.
, as his musical guests. Throughout the episode, Chappelle repeatedly took the stage to introduce sketches, echoing the format of his former Comedy Central show and reminding the audience of just who’s in charge. He was also a man apart in the sketches themselves, like in the Potato Hole bit in which his blues musician sits separately from the obtuse white morning news team schooling them on the historical resilience of Black people in the face of white oppression.
’s saxophone playing the aching opening notes of “Try a Little Tenderness.” He wasn’t holding his usual cigarette, which somehow left him appearing vulnerable, like perhaps he understood that he was a guest in someone else’s house and should follow their rules.He started his monologue by reading a prepared statement with a sentiment that many of us reposted on our Instagrams in the last couple of weeks following the most recent explosion of’s mouth. “I denounce anti-Semitism in all its form.
For the next 48 hours, Chappelle’s monologue will certainly be blasted and defended by Twitter’s most strident of voices. I like to think that Chappelle truly was wrestling with what he called “the rules of perception” when it comes to identity and power. “I’ve been to Hollywood,” he said. “It’s a lot of Jews. Like,But that doesn’t mean anything, you know what I mean? There’s a lot of Black people in Ferguson, Missouri. Doesn’t mean we run the place.
“It shouldn’t be scary to talk,” Chappelle said towards the end of his monologue. “About anything.” Maybe he was alluding to the specter of cancel culture and Black superstars’ lost sneaker deals. “Now you see Kanye walking around LA barefoot with his chain out,” he said. “This guy lost a billion and a half dollars in one day.” Kanye West is a sick narcissist who once made brilliant music. He didn’t tell jokes that got him in trouble. He’s devolvedthe joke.
At the end of the episode, the stage looked less crowded than usual during Chappelle’s goodbyes and good nights. He stood flanked by his friends Kweli, Mos Def, and, who wasn’t there for the goodbye but appeared in the
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