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You paid $765 for that seat!
he told one man sitting in the front row.
I did the exact same show in Atlanta for $60!
At one point he asked a young guy in the front if hed gone to college.
Of course you did, Chappelle said when the guy answered yes.
You paid for this $800 ticket.
He was performing, that is, for the privileged.
When he delivers a defense of Louis C.K.
There are moments when he seems to teeter on the edge of some newer, more interesting insight.
Could you imagine having to present your birth certificate to take a shit at a Walmart in North Carolina?
Instead, the joke doubles back on Chappelles own perspective again.
In addition to being unfunny (and cruel), it feels frankly unimaginative.
On the same day Chappelle opened, Netflix releasedAziz Ansaris new specialRight Now.
In this case, though, the differences between them are more interesting than the overlap.
The joke is on Jackson (and, implicitly, on Ansari and his own misconduct allegations).
In Chappelles hands, that line goes, Youre 15?
Sorry to tell you, but youre squarely in R. Kellys range.
The joke, such as it is, lands on the 15-year-old would-be victim.
But that hour also demonstrated something that felt in short supply in the first hour.
This is why I came back out, he said.
In the second, he wanted to check that they got their moneys worth.
It was worth every dollar!
a man shouted in response, from the balcony.
