Okay. So I went to see John Mulaney at Red Rocks. There was a surprise opener.
It was Dave Fucking Chapelle.
The second he came on stage, I was scared. By the time he was done, I thought I was going to throw up. My sister actually left and had a breakdown.
I donโt have a video (phone locks) but hereโs as exact a transcript as I can manage:
TW AHEAD: transphobia, ableism, implied rape, implied bestiality, racism, sexual topics
* I had a special come out a little while ago.
* The people who got upset by it, I guess they didnโt listen all the way until the end. Because I didnโt have a problem with trans people. I really didnโt.
* But I do now!! (Cue uproarious laughter)
* And there was such a backlash. I mean, an uproar. And now I canโt tell jokes about transgender people ever again. And I wonโtโฆON TV
* If I were to tell my producers โhey, I identify as Chineseโ
* And then I came in [offensive Ching Chong impression] and the one Chinese guy there was like, this isnโt right.
* Or what if I were sent to prison. And Iโd say, no, man. Iโm a woman. I identify as a woman. Im going to womanโs prison. And guess the first thing Iโd do when I got in there??
* โYeah, you bitches better do my laundry or Iโm gonnaโฆโ
* To a disabled girl in the front row:
* So does that dog actually help with anything or just keep you company?
* Do you think if you put a little peanut butter down there heโdโฆyeah, I bet he would. Heโd help you out. You ever put a little peanut butter down there? You ever done that?
* Can he pick stuff up? Like, can he up pick beer bottles? He can? Iโll give you 700 dollars for that dog. Right now.
* Later, to 2 girls in the audience: hey, you girls? Boys? Does it even matter anymore?
This transcript does not include jokes comparing Ukraine to Vietnam, jokes about Russiaโs ineffectiveness (like he wants them to succeed??) or John Mulaneyโs post-set comments about Dave being one of his best friends.
Tl;dr: I was forced to see Dave Chapelle. His jokes included comparing transgender people to racists and rapists. He also encouraged a disabled person in the audience to force her service dog to perform oral sex on her.
Please reblog this if you can, for evidence of his continued transphobia. Iโd really hate my Chapelle nightmare to be for nothing.
Man, screw that guy in particular
Wow. Yep, dude is falling down the worst kind of rabbit hole. He's Big Mad that people are Big Mad at him and doubling down on everything and is going to keep doing that because his ego insists on it and in ten years I expect him to try to run for President on the Republican ticket because Democrats said a mean thing to him once.
