I don’t know why comedians have become the truth sayer of our time. Or maybe they always have been. I mean, even kings in the medieval times had jesters, in arms reach. As far as I can remember Dave Chappelle has been speaking the truth about this country and the times were in, past and present.
I first came across him during his now iconic run of The Chappelle Show on Comedy Central. Until then I had only seen movie comedians like Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey. Comedians just trying to make you laugh for the sake of entertainment. Guys like Ryan Reynolds, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in the Rush Hour movies. It wasn’t until the Chappelle Show that I understood what comedy could be.
Comedy is more than just a genre of hahas and giggles. It can be used as a vehicle to say something important in an intelligent way. What I would later understand about Chappelle, and other Comedians with a message or just something to say, was that if you understood the joke, you probably understood the message. In laughing you understand the sentiment or at minimum see the argument from the comedian’s perspective. And today with everyone choosing a side politically, comedy is one of the few things that brings the country together
Comedians like George Carlin, Paul Mooney, Dick Gregory excelled in this. Today we all look towards Dave Chappelle to be the lighthouse as we’re lost at sea trying to find our way. Every time he speaks into a camera there’s always a topic of conversation that he wants to address. This weekend he went to SNL and had a few things to say about what’s happened in the last few months in these United States
If you like Dave Chappelle, google George Carlin. He has a few things to say
Burning in paradise 