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Dave Chappelle, Walmart, Southwest, Tea with Jon Gruden, Items of Interest

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Ben Domenech
Oct 15, 2021
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Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, Closer, is not his best work. It actually has a great deal in common with the philosophical anti-comedy specials of many woke comedians stylistically - and like many aging wealthy comedians before him, Chappelle has lost some of his angry joke-filled edge and instead offers cantankerous complaints about the young…

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