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Originally Posted by ZeRoGRaViTY
Every entertainer including actors, muscians, comedians have a certain amount of responsibility to the general public as well as their close followers. You don't just see muscians going out there and making songs telling kids to go murder everyone in site. (Just an example of responsiblity in entertainment.) Does Chapelle take any responsibility in the community to further racial relations for the positive? Not at all. He exploits the negatives of pretty much every facid of race and makes his "skits" into a common household persona that is relatively easy for impressionable minds to mimic and believe what they are saying is ok.
For every step forward that responsible citizens and leaders in the movement of racial integrated are making, chapelle is single handedly taking them 2 steps back. People have worked way too hard towards racial equality to have some fool like chapelle turn it around, or at the least, slow down progress, all just for ratings for his show and money in his pocket.
That my friend is irresponsible.
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Hahahahahahahahaha this made me laugh so much. Entertainment being responsible? Are you kidding me? Have you been to the movies recently? Do you actually watch television? Ever tune in a radio? There are few pieces of "entertainment" that exhibit any kind of real "responsibility" to those who watch and interact with them. Chapelle is FAR from the only person doing it, and even farther from being the worst offender.
If you seriously think his show is BAD for race relations, I want you to back that up with something- because I don't buy it for a second. If you want, go start a thread somewhere. You don't think it helps break down some walls of misconceptions, help introduce laughter in a way that eases odd situations? I think it uses satire to help everyone laugh about what they're so hung up on, and can help people understand the absurdities of racial bigotry... because we're all funny in our ways, and what makes us different is exactly what makes us all great. We don't want everyone in the world to be the same, that'd be boring as hell.