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John Mulaney made a career out of doing the kind of stand up comedy that people who don’t like comedians who are offensive for the sake of being offensive can enjoy, and has been praised for that
So why did he think having a comedian whose main thing right now is going “I’m gonna offend trans people and nobody can stop me” open for him and do exactly that?
How could he have possibly thought his audience would react well to that
In case you didn’t see
John Mulaney decided to surprise the crowd for his show last night by having Dave Chappelle open up
Chappelle made transphobic and homophobic jokes, which Mulaney clapped for and hugged Chappelle as he got off stage
No one knew Chappelle would show up
Trans and gay people in the crowd were attacked by the comedian on stage without warning
If you care about trans people
If you care about gay people
You will not support either of them anymore
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 don’t have a video (phone locks) but here’s 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 didn’t listen all the way until the end. Because I didn’t have a problem with trans people. I really didn’t.
* But I do now!! (Cue uproarious laughter)
* And there was such a backlash. I mean, an uproar. And now I can’t tell jokes about transgender people ever again. And I won’t…ON TV
* If I were to tell my producers “hey, I identify as Chinese”
* And then I came in [offensive Ching Chong impression] and the one Chinese guy there was like, this isn’t right.
* Or what if I were sent to prison. And I’d say, no, man. I’m a woman. I identify as a woman. Im going to woman’s prison. And guess the first thing I’d do when I got in there??
* “Yeah, you bitches better do my laundry or I’m gonna…”
* 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 he’d…yeah, I bet he would. He’d 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? I’ll 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 Russia’s ineffectiveness (like he wants them to succeed??) or John Mulaney’s 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. I’d really hate my Chapelle nightmare to be for nothing.
It’s 2022 and this James Acaster bit continues to be relevant