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You'll understand if I weigh the accounts of trans people who watched it over what you, Dave Chapelle, and the family of a trans person who can't speak for hers
by mkr-hn 5y ago
You'll understand if I weigh the accounts of trans people who watched it over what you, Dave Chapelle, and the family of a trans person who can't speak for herself said.
- CarelessExpert 5y agoYou really gotta wonder how Dave would feel if a white person tried to explain to him how a joke he saw as racist wasn't actually racist, and besides, my black friend said it's fine... There must be some analog to "mansplaining" that fits, here. "Transplaining"? Hmm...
- mkr-hn 5y agoI've seen cissplaining used to good effect.
- e40 5y agoBefore she died she supported Dave, as well. My main point stands: criticism of his special is too vague. It's almost as if many of the critics never watched the whole thing, having formed an opinion about it early on and stopped watching. I watched the entire thing and it is a single piece. There are no standalone jokes in that special. Every single word is in support of the last words he speaks. I even watched the special a second time to be sure I hadn't been bamboozled by Dave's wit and charm. I felt even more sure after the 2nd viewing that it's not transphobic.
- mkr-hn 5y agoI am not discussing or interested in this hypothetical person who hasn't watched it but is still commenting as though they did. To reiterate: >> "You'll understand if I weigh the accounts of trans people who watched it over what you, Dave Chapelle, and the family of a trans person who can't speak for herself said."
- dazilcher 5y agoTl;dr: I'm parroting someone else's opinion on a show I didn't watch.