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Netflix urged to take down Dave Chapelle’s show after accusations of ‘anti-LGBT diatribes’

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ItsRainingProstateOwners · 07/10/2021 16:50

news.sky.com/story/netflix-urged-to-pull-down-dave-chappelles-new-show-after-accusations-of-anti-lgbtq-diatribes-12428009

Says he is “team TERF” and backs JK Rowling.

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BraveBananaBadge · 07/10/2021 18:23

@AlfonsoTheDinosaur

Ah. That explains why The Guardian gave it a one-star review.
Oh they did? Says it all.

Netflix must have anticipated this so it will be interesting to see how it reacts (can't imagine for a moment they'll take it down but they're bound to have to pay lip service to the bluehairs somehow).

Imagine Chapelle's contract gave him free creative rein, and he gets paid anyway. That said, many pairs of eyes would have seen it before it dropped and considered it okay.

Anotheruser02 · 07/10/2021 18:09

I'll be interested to see if they do take it down, Vanguard group owns Netflix and also a pharma company.

SpindleWhirl · 07/10/2021 17:51

Like Chappelle gives a fuck about a bunch of whining privileged blue haired babies.

They're finishing his set for him. Then he gets the encore.

Anotheruser02 · 07/10/2021 17:44

However I do like "I'm Team Terf". Because actually, so are most people, when you spell it out.

Go team!!

I'm on the fence about that, I don't think we can insist TERF is a slur when people refer to themselves as TERF, it is used to incite hatred and in some cases violence on feminists and is successfully dehumanising them.

If people stop using it about themselves, then GC's who feel discriminated against at work etc and are hearing it in the hateful sense can legitimately say that the word creates a hostile environment for people with GC beliefs. Not if it becomes a mainstream acceptable descriptive word.

Jaysmith71 · 07/10/2021 17:37

@EishetChayil

I really wish he'd said sex instead of gender! Gender is made up; it's sex that's real.
This is the American Debate. Both sides use sex and gender to mean the same thing, see Majorie Taylor Bonkers Green's banner, "There are only two genders...."

SCOTUS has ruled that references to 'sex' in the Constitution mean gender.

AlfonsoTheDinosaur · 07/10/2021 17:37

Ah. That explains why The Guardian gave it a one-star review.

MarshmallowSwede · 07/10/2021 17:33

@trancepants

A white man refusing to work in the movies. Wow.. what are we to do? Hollywood is full of them.. I’m sure we will be fine. 😂😂😂

trancepants · 07/10/2021 17:25

The show runner of Dear White People, who I was genuinely shocked to learn is a very white transwoman, is threatening to never work with Netflix again.

twitter.com/JaclynPMoore/status/1445912662093729793

SirSamuelVimes · 07/10/2021 17:16

@EishetChayil

I really wish he'd said sex instead of gender! Gender is made up; it's sex that's real.
This was my reaction!

However I do like "I'm Team Terf". Because actually, so are most people, when you spell it out.

Go team!!

MarshmallowSwede · 07/10/2021 17:15

If they take it down it will prove his point! And he’s rich and laughing all way to the bank. I’m sure the check has been cashed.. so they are only showing more people they are extremists.

Dave Chapelle has a huge fan base, so I agent wait for the fallout on Twitter if they do take it down. My popcorn is ready.

EishetChayil · 07/10/2021 17:09

I really wish he'd said sex instead of gender! Gender is made up; it's sex that's real.

BraveBananaBadge · 07/10/2021 17:06

I haven't watched it that but yet but Glinner was flagging this up yesterday. Should have known the immediate reaction would be a call for censorship and the end of Dave Chapelle's career, just surprised it's taken 24 hours. It's a given he won't give a flying fuck, so this should be amusing watching them scream into the void.

I'm interested to hear his story about Daphne as it sounds as if that could be very thought provoking stuff.

NutellaEllaElla · 07/10/2021 17:05

I saw this on fb and there was no support in the comments. I saw his set a while ago and was surprised it hadn't been cancelled by alphabet people.

PandorasMailbox · 07/10/2021 17:03

If they're forced to take it down by the usual suspects, it'll just prove his point.

MedusasBadHairDay · 07/10/2021 16:53

Hmm, I'm curious to know the context for "gender is a fact". I'd say arguing that gender is the factual bit, rather than sex, falls into either conservative or TRA territory.