The Age of Spin: Dave Chappelle Live at the Hollywood Palladium

It has been 10 years since Dave Chappelle has done a show in L.A. This was filmed in the Hollywood Palladium. He mentions the recent death of Garry Shandling placing the show in March 2016. He is funny, insightful, original, and edgy. The show takes on transgender, disenfranchised politics, O.J., and most of all Bill Crosby. Each one is tackled with a special side spin. The gay jokes are almost from an earlier era. I wonder if he's joking about the jokes or serious about the joking. The O.J. stuff is probably the easiest to digest and the most fun. The Bill Crosby through-line is probably the most personal. It is the conflicted musing of a younger man about his fallen hero. He also has some sly fun about Key & Peele. Chappelle is always smart and one hopes to glimpse a part of that brilliance through his work. A general comment about Netflix doing these standup shows. It would be more compelling to have the shows be more up to the minute although this one and 'Deep in the Heart of Texas' are most compelling for Chappelle.

Dave Chappelle manages to go into some pretty heavy topics and still make it funny, without it being awkward. Great pacing. Great crowd. Funny jokes.

This was a great way of showing that Dave Chappelle still has it.

You owe it to yourself to watch this if you are a fan of Dave Chappelle or comedy in general. Really funny. Ignore any negative comments. I don't understand how you could possibly complain about anything. Stop comparing him to other people. He picked up exactly where he left off. go watch it!

He brought it back and slapped all these millennials in the face with it. Welcome back brother!

Dave Chappelle is very ingenius. He starts the show mentioning that he met OJ Simpson four times, and that he is going to tell the audience about each of the four meeting with OJ. That story connects the show together, and he ends by telling the final meeting with OJ.

In between, Chappelle covers every theme that he has ever touched on in his career. Some of it is purely good laughs. Some of it is thoughtful discussion. This is a very interesting and funny show.