Monday, December 06, 2004
So what's the big deal?
We watched the first season of Dave Chappelle's show this weekend, and man, was it disappointing. I expected more than a sketch-show variation on the old "white guys drive like this, but black guys drive like this!" jokes. That's basically all it was, making fun of white people for being white, and mocking and/or embracing black stereotypes. The reparation skit and the black Real World stuff are just subpar, poorly done attempts at Pryor/Rock-style "relevance". They weren't really clever and, for the most part, weren't even all that funny. Most episodes weren't even eighteen minutes long. I can't even imagine watching this thing on tv, as the commercials must be almost as long as the show itself. Also, Chappelle makes too much use of his recurring skits. The "Great Moments in Hook-Up History" and "Ask a Black Dude" skits pop up too frequently in the second half of the season, and to be honest aren't even all that funny to begin with. The two pieces with Tyrone the crack head were both pretty good, and the HBO commercial and Real Sex interstitial parodies were funny, but for the most part this shit's weak. Probably the best thing about the whole show is the look on Chappelle's face when the model in the car commerical ad parody's breast pops out. Breastuses can stop a man cold.
We watched the first season of Dave Chappelle's show this weekend, and man, was it disappointing. I expected more than a sketch-show variation on the old "white guys drive like this, but black guys drive like this!" jokes. That's basically all it was, making fun of white people for being white, and mocking and/or embracing black stereotypes. The reparation skit and the black Real World stuff are just subpar, poorly done attempts at Pryor/Rock-style "relevance". They weren't really clever and, for the most part, weren't even all that funny. Most episodes weren't even eighteen minutes long. I can't even imagine watching this thing on tv, as the commercials must be almost as long as the show itself. Also, Chappelle makes too much use of his recurring skits. The "Great Moments in Hook-Up History" and "Ask a Black Dude" skits pop up too frequently in the second half of the season, and to be honest aren't even all that funny to begin with. The two pieces with Tyrone the crack head were both pretty good, and the HBO commercial and Real Sex interstitial parodies were funny, but for the most part this shit's weak. Probably the best thing about the whole show is the look on Chappelle's face when the model in the car commerical ad parody's breast pops out. Breastuses can stop a man cold.
