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And this is my biggest gripe
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Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name?

And this is my biggest gripe with this whole controversy with that you cannot report on an...

And this is my biggest gripe with this whole controversy with
The Closer: that you cannot report on an artist's work, and remove
artistic nuance from his words

Full Transcript

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And this is my biggest gripe
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with this whole controversy with The Closer: that you cannot report
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on an artist's work, and remove artistic nuance from his words.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:05
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
comedy, history
Production
Pilot Boy Productions

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Movie Summary

Dave Chappelle delivers a speech at his prestigious alma mater that reflects on his comedy roots, his rise to fame and why artists "should never behave."
It would be like if you were reading a newspaper and they say, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:13
It would be like if you were reading a newspaper and they sa...
I took a lot of cold shots... in show business. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
I took a lot of cold shots... in show business.
And I gotta tell you, as the years go on, you feel the shots less and less. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
And I gotta tell you, as the years go on, you feel the shots...
But that one, that day, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:07
But that one, that day,
When I heard those talking points coming out of these children's faces, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:09
When I heard those talking points coming out of these childr...
Because I know those kids didn't come up with those words, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:08
Because I know those kids didn't come up with those wor...
The more you say I can't say something, the more urgent it is for me to say it. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:07
The more you say I can't say something, the more urgent...
And it has nothing to do with what you're saying I can't say. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
And it has nothing to do with what you're saying I can&...
It has everything to do with my right, my freedom... - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
It has everything to do with my right, my freedom...
It's worth protecting for me, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:11
It's worth protecting for me,
And these kids didn't understand that they were instruments... - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:07
And these kids didn't understand that they were instrum...
And I didn't get mad at them. They're kids. They're freshmen. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
And I didn't get mad at them. They're kids. They&#...
One of the kid's mother went on Fox News, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:12
One of the kid's mother went on Fox News,
She said a lot of things that I didn't like, lot of things. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
She said a lot of things that I didn't like, lot of thi...
The thing she said that got to me, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:10
The thing she said that got to me,
I used to sit there and meditate." Well, of course you'd meditate. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
I used to sit there and meditate." Well, of course you&...
We didn't meditate in here. We got to work. But, okay, fine. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:06
We didn't meditate in here. We got to work. But, okay, ...
And then she scrunched her face up. She's a beautiful woman, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:12
And then she scrunched her face up. She's a beautiful w...
His name... on that theater. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:07
His name... on that theater.
No matter what they said about The Closer, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:07
No matter what they said about The Closer,