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Films

Dave Chappelle’s Block Party

Dharmender Dhillon asks what happened to the revolutionary potential of hip hop.

This article examines Michel Gondry’s 2006 documentary Dave Chappelle’s Block Party in relation to the critical theorist Herbert Marcuse (1888-1979).

Dave Chappelle: Social Satirist

At the time of filming in 2004, Dave Chappelle was the most lucrative comedian in the USA. Coming from a middle-class background in Washington DC, and having been raised by his African-American mother who has a PhD in linguistics, Chappelle is not a child of the ghetto, unlike his hero the comedian Richard Pryor (who grew up in a brothel). His sketch show, The Chappelle Show, shot him into the limelight in the early 2000s, and he became renowned for his biting social satire. The show’s most famous sketch involved Chappelle’s depiction of a blind elderly black male who was a white supremacist.

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