What We All Can Learn From Dave Chappelle’s Netflix Special, “Closer”
8 min readOct 12, 2021
In Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix Special, “Closer”, he refers to his comedy as art. I think he’s wrong. It’s much more than that. It’s a commentary of the human experience and an emotional appeal to remember our true nature as human beings. But that’s what comedy has always been for Black people. It’s been an outlet for us to share our pain, history, similarities, and…