It must be good to be back after so long. After a sure-to-be-Emmy-nominated hosting gig on SNL, Dave Chappelle recorded two stand-up sets for Netflix. I don't think this was as good as the set he did on SNL. That was masterful, timely and piercingly funny. The old master of comedy and the new home for comedy--I think Netflix has securely taken that title from HBO by this point. He's still got it. He is very funny, controversial (definitely not pc) at times, but that's part of why he's so funny. He's not politically incorrect just to be provocative, he has actually put some thought into it. A lot of comedians have tackled Bill Cosby, but Chappelle takes a more nuanced look at who was once a heroic figure for the African American community. His second special was less funny, 3/5. I don't know, it seems a little lazier to me. It wasn't as poignant or as cutting or as relevant as the first.
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