Dave Chappele is an iconic American stand up comedian, and actor from the DC area. Chappele was only 14 years old when he began doing stand up comedy at open mics, at an early age it was obvious with his lighthearted manner and fearless jokes that he had a knack for making people laugh. Chappelle graduated from the Duke Ellington School of Arts in 1991, Afterwards Chappele moved to New York city in hopes of taking his stand up comedy to the next level. Chappelle performed at Harlem Apollo Theater, and was booed off stage he was devastated to hit rock bottom once again in his life, but Chappele remained undeterred and continued to improve his craft. His sensational talent and undaunted approach helped him rise up to become one of the most revered …show more content…
In this film Chappeple discusses a variety of pressing social issues including drug abuse, police brutality and racism. The rhetor in this particular stand up was no other than Dave Chappele. The audience were the viewers of the stand up film and everybody else who saw the film after its release. The overarching purpose of this stand up was to shed light on social issues millions of Americans are faced with on a regular basis but in a charming way that could make anybody laugh. The context of this television film was the current racial atmosphere in the United States following the notorious crack epidemic, and the election of former president Bill …show more content…
Climax is when a series of events and clauses build up to a point of unbearable dramatic tension leading to a pivotal turning point. Chappele and his friend Chip, which he mentioned was a “white guy”, were smoking marijuana in New York city, and the two happened to be lost. Unexpectedly a police car pulls up behind their car. The two were shocked by this. However, Chip made the ill-advised decision to get out of the car and, “ Ask them for directions ”. Chapple was dumbfounded by what he said and insisted that he stayed in the car. Chip approaches the police officer and before even asking for directions admits to being intoxicated. Chips asks the officer where Third Street is. The officer responded by saying, “ Hey Take it easy… You’re on Thirds Street ”. The officer then tells Chip to leave, and that was the end of the story. The sequence of events instilled suspense and fear just for an anticlimactic ending none of the audience members were anticipating. Chapple was stunned as a result of this encounter because, “ A Black man would never dream of talking to the police". The notion of interacting with law enforcement under the influence is preposterous for good reasons but because of racial inequality certain people have the privilege of getting away with things that other people would be punished for. Chappele is intentionally illustrating what's called a
Keywords that are most important to the documentary are, War on Drugs, incarceration, drug involvement/abuse, and racism. All of these words are loosely or heavily connected to each other. The words drug involvement/abuse highlight the purpose of the film, and the reasons for the War on Drugs and numerous laws created to fight drug abuse that cause death and destroy abiding citizens of communities. Furthermore, the War on Drugs simply labels the struggle against drug use and the governmental involvement to enforce anti-drug laws. The word incarceration and racism also link together to explain how as a result of the War on Drugs, the U.S. is one of the top countries with the highest imprisonment rate and more African-Americans or low-class minorities are convicted of drug crimes than any other ethnicity or social class.
Many people are enjoying their lives and especially where they live and the country that they are in. In the future that might all change, and people are going to want to move out and live a better life and might want to move out their own country. In the story “Obsolete” by Chuck Palahniuk, many people are emigrating because of the videos that are being sent back to earth by the astronauts on Venus and how everyone is playing a big part in the story by trying to kill themselves for the new way of emigrating. The people got this idea from a magazine as it stated, “Death Is the New Life” (Palahniuk 1). After this many people wanted to emigrate to death as stated, “Now even soccer moms were emigrating.
Many audiences of stand up comedy enjoy hearing their favorite comedian entertain them. But what would one think when a comedian cracks a joke about a sensitive topic, for example, a tragedy that affected hundreds of people. Some may argue that, comedians are not supposed to overstep the boundary of controversial jokes. These controversial jokes are linked with political correctness—which is used to describe language, policies, and measures that are taken to avoid offense to certain groups of people. Comedians are not compelled to restrain from controversial topics due to the topic not being sugar-coated, the higher level of contemplation that the joke can reach, and the job of the comedian—to make the current issue manageable.