I didn't know that about Dave Chapelle's relationship with Comedy Central. It's a pretty good outcome for someone who over-performed much more than Comedy Centr

I didn't know that about Dave Chapelle's relationship with Comedy Central. It's a pretty good outcome for someone who over-performed much more than Comedy Central could have expected during initial negotiations. It might seem intuitively strange-- "He signed the contract, he knew what he was getting!" But when I consider it through the lens of the professional business world, that doesn't make sense. If a company hires me at a salary of $X but I underperform, I get fired. In entertainment, the show gets cancelled. But if I vastly over-perform, things like bonuses, merit increases, and promotions are pretty standard: It's a renegotiation of the original terms of employment, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I'm glad that it's becoming a less novel concept in the entertainment industry as well. (especially in a streaming age where limited air-time is no longer an issue and all old shows can be available, allowing for massive resurgence in demand for given show that might not have been aired at all previously) And Dave was very astute to go to what he says are his real bosses-- his fans-- to address the issue. That is a somewhat unique dynamic to the entertainment industry, where the value that a solo entertainer brings to the table is much more easily quantified than the specific value of many employees at a 10k employee company.