A Netflix employee at the center of worker-led protests over its streaming of comedian Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special has voluntarily resigned, it was announced Monday. Chappelle’s special “The Closer”, which debuted on Oct. 5, led to backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates and prompted a walkout among some Netflix employees. Terra Field, a trans engineer at Netflix, was…

Commentary Since the Oct. 20 walk out at Netflix over comedian Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer” performance, in which he dared to joke about transgenderism, Chappelle has not only not backed down and apologized for his performance, he’s upped the ante. At a recent speech he gave to induct rapper Jay-Z into the Rock & Roll…

Commentary America has had it and the cracks in the veneer are showing. The expression of our outrage is heard in the chants of “Let’s Go Brandon!” at public events, seen among parents pushing back on radical educational agendas which insert trans ideology into curriculum in places like the Loudoun County school district where a…

Dave Chappelle said during a video released on Monday that controversy over his Netflix comedy special “The Closer” is leading distributors to reject his latest documentary project “Untitled.” The stand-up comedian noted the media has attacked him over jokes he made about the transgender community in the special. “This film that I made was invited…

Dave Chappelle said during a video released on Monday that controversy over his Netflix comedy special “The Closer” is leading distributors to reject his latest documentary project “Untitled.” The stand-up comedian noted the media has attacked him over jokes he made about the transgender community in the special. “This film that I made was invited…

A handful of counter-protestors showed up in West Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 20 to oppose more than 100 protesters who rallied in support of Netflix employees who walked off the job to pressure the entertainment platform to cancel comedian Dave Chappelle’s stand-up special, “The Closer.” Activists have criticized Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos for the company’s…

Comedian Dave Chappelle is facing blowback for his new Netflix standup special “The Closer.” He is not backing down, and I analyze comedy as an American art form that needs to be preserved at a time when getting “canceled” is all too common. Hosted by the two-time Emmy-nominated actor and singer-songwriter Beau Davidson, The Beau…

NEW YORK—Fifteen months after shuttering for the pandemic, New York’s Radio City Music Hall reopened its doors Saturday for the Tribeca Festival premiere of a new Dave Chappelle documentary for a full-capacity, fully-vaccinated audience. The debut of “Dave Chappelle: This Time This Place,” which chronicles Chappelle’s pandemic stand-up series held in rural Ohio cornfields, marked…