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New York (AFP) - Minnesota's famed First Avenue venue canceled comedian Dave Chappelle's show mere hours before he was set to go on, responding to protests from staff and the community over jokes many people have deemed transphobic. Chappelle's Wednesday show was switched instead to Minneapolis' Varsity Theater, where he will also perform on Thursday and Friday. "To staff, artists, and our community, we hear you and we are sorry," First Avenue said in a statement. "We know we must hold ourselves to the highest standards, and we know we let you down. We are not just a black box with people in i...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A man who attacked controversial comic Dave Chappelle on stage as he performed a live stand-up set in Los Angeles has been arrested and charged with assault, US police said Wednesday. The comedian was finishing a set during the "Netflix Is A Joke" comedy festival at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night when a man from the audience climbed on stage and rushed at him. Video footage shows the man lowering his shoulder as he charges into Chappelle, with the comedian staggering backwards and falling as the attacker appeared to tangle with his feet. The man, who police said was a...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A man armed with a replica gun that works like a knife tackled comedian Dave Chappelle as he performed a stand-up set in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, police said. Video footage circulating on social media shows that as the comedian was finishing a set during the "Netflix Is A Joke" comedy festival at the Hollywood Bowl, a male audience member climbed on stage and threw him to the ground. The attacker then ran behind a screen on stage and was detained by security guards. Chappelle, 48, has recently attracted protests for jokes seen to be transphobic but the motive for this ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Comedian Dave Chappelle has offered to meet with the transgender community and thanked Netflix for standing by him after he was accused of stoking transphobia with his stand-up special "The Closer." Chappelle said he is "more than willing" to meet LGBTQ groups, after his show sparked protests outside the streaming giant's Los Angeles office last week at which demonstrators said the comedian had refused to speak with them. "That is not true. If they had invited me, I would have accepted it, although I am confused about what we would be speaking about," Chappelle said in a vi...
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