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Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name?

It has everything to do with my right,my freedom

It has everything to do with my right,
my freedom

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It has everything to do with my right, my freedom...
Duration
6 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:29
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'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,
And I am still of the mind, and I say this with all humility, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:11
And I am still of the mind, and I say this with all humility...
It will be decades before you ever see someone in my genre - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:13
It will be decades before you ever see someone in my genre
About three weeks ago I saw in the newspaper that a man, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:11
About three weeks ago I saw in the newspaper that a man,
I said it to the kids that day: if you have a better idea, then express it. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:08
I said it to the kids that day: if you have a better idea, t...
And you can beat me. It's that easy. - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:05
And you can beat me. It's that easy.
If you have more talent than me, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:11
If you have more talent than me,
The idea that my name will be turned into - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:13
The idea that my name will be turned into
The fact that if my name was on this theater, and a kid - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:12
The fact that if my name was on this theater, and a kid
When this controversy came out, and students were angry, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:13
When this controversy came out, and students were angry,