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Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name?

With their power,they tried to make me behave, it's-- -it-- it takes a strong person...-...

With their power,
they tried to make me behave, it's-- -it-- it takes a strong person...
-[audience member] Yeah

Full Transcript

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With their power, they tried to make me behave, it's--
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-it-- it takes a strong person... -[audience member] Yeah.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:52
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."
...to stand out in the cold like that, and I swear to God, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:17
...to stand out in the cold like that, and I swear to God,
So why wouldn't... I'd do anything I could - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:08
So why wouldn't... I'd do anything I could
And the last time I came back, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:14
And the last time I came back,
All the kids was screaming and yelling, I remember, I said to the kids, I go, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:09
All the kids was screaming and yelling, I remember, I said t...
These kids said everything about gender, and this and that and the other, - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:09
These kids said everything about gender, and this and that a...
And this is my biggest gripe - Dave Chappelle: What's in a Name? 00:13
And this is my biggest gripe
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...