Speaking in an interview with Variety, “comedian” Wanda Sykes attacked fellow comedian Dave Chappelle for what she characterized as his “hurtful” jokes about trans people.
That started with Variety asking her, “A good example of you turning a topic that’s become so fraught in stand-up into deeply funny material is the run of jokes you make about the laws banning trans women from women’s bathrooms. How did you get there?”
She responded, “I knew that it’s such a delicate issue to talk about. I’m not trans, but they have my support, 100%. I wanted to find something where I can shine some light on what they’re going through, to show how just stupid and hateful really it is. I was in a woman’s bathroom one time, and I was like, “Who would want to come in here anyway? It was like, I kind of want to go check out the men’s room. Sometimes, it’s even cleaner.” And that’s how that whole bit started. I’ve always just been grossed out by bathrooms.”
Then, after introducing the topic, Variety asked her about Chappelle. “Do you feel that, because this is a Netflix special, that comedy about this topic perhaps balances out what Dave Chappelle has been saying about trans people in his specials,” Variety asked.
She said, “Um, I don’t know about balancing it out, because I think what he said was so hurtful and damaging to the trans community. So yeah, the scale is still tipped, I will say, in their favor. But I know I wanted to say something, because so much has been said on that platform. I definitely want to something on the other side of it.”
Then, when asked about woke comedy, she said, “It’s pretty funny. If you want to give me the label of a “woke comic,” that’s fine. That’s great. What makes me laugh is that they say that like it’s an insult: “Oh, they’re woke.” Thank you! Yeah, I read some stuff from time to time. Yeah, I know a few things. It’s not an insult at all. I mean, George Carlin, he was woke. Richard Pryor, woke. Bill Hicks, woke. It’s almost like they’re angry that we’re evolving. It’s sad, really.”
She also, when asked about anti-trans jokes, compared them to “lynching,” saying, “Yeah. People would say all kinds of horrible things that we used to let people get away with. But you know, in this country, they would hold public lynchings and people would have picnics and eat potato salad while watching. We’re evolving. We’re getting better.”
The “transphobic” Chappelle special attacked by the wokies won a Grammy this year, as we reported on The American Tribune, saying:
Surprisingly given how woke everything has gotten recently, comedian Dave Chappelle won best comedy album at the 2023 Grammys. The award came as a result of his most recent Netflix special, “The Closer.” That’s the one that received backlash over comments he made about transgender individuals that would have been considered common sense a few short years ago.
In winning the award, Chappelle was chosen over other, wroker comedians. Specifically, he won out over over Louis C.K. (Sorry), Jim Gaffigan (Comedy Monster), Randy Rainbow (A Little Brains, A Little Talent) and Patton Oswalt (We All Scream).
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