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Posted Friday 10/15/21 at 2:57AM EDT
Dave Chappelle's The Closer LGBTQ controversy isn't a betrayal: It's exactly what he wanted to accomplish
"Dave Chappelle is getting plenty of heat for his latest Netflix special, The Closer," says Nicole Lewis.
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Netflix's new Dave Chappelle defense: Our content "doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm"
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos followed up on his Friday memo defending Chappelle's The Closer with a new memo on Monday...
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Posted Thursday 10/14/21 at 2:32AM EDT
Julianna Margulies admits there was some "trepidation" over her playing a lesbian on The Morning Show
“Who’s to say I haven’t had my own gay experiences?” Margulies tells Variety.
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Posted Wednesday 10/13/21 at 3:53PM EDT
Report: Netflix employees raised concerns over Dave Chappelle's new special days before its release
Bloomberg News reports that employees raised "raised concerns about offensive material in Dave Chappelle’s new comedy special The Closer days...
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Netflix boss' Dave Chappelle memo was lip-servicey, tone-deaf and a masterwork of gaslighting
Co-CEO Ted Sarandos' memo to his Netflix staff defending Chappelle's "artistic freedom" in response to the backlash over his homophobic and...
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Posted Wednesday 10/13/21 at 2:56AM EDT
Teen Mom's Amber Portwood comes out as bisexual
On Tuesday's episode of Teen Mom OG, Portwood revealed that she was writing her second book.
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Posted Tuesday 10/12/21 at 8:55PM EDT
Trans Netflix employees plan a company-wide walkout to protest co-CEO Ted Sarandos' statements defending Dave Chappelle
The walkout scheduled for Oct.
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Posted Tuesday 10/12/21 at 8:55PM EDT
Former Superman actor Dean Cain accuses DC Comics of "bandwagoning" by making Clark Kent's son bisexual
In the Nov.
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Posted Tuesday 10/12/21 at 2:58AM EDT
Dave Chappelle's The Closer stopped being fun when it started looking like something from Fox News
"Maybe you watch comedy specials to endure them, but I watch them to have a good time, and I stop...
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Netflix responds to LGBTQ backlash over Dave Chappelle: The Closer doesn't cross "the line on hate"
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos addressed staff members over the uproar over Chappelle's new standup special that Dear White People co-showrunner...
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Posted Saturday 10/09/21 at 3:32AM EDT
Dear White People's Jaclyn Moore on boycotting Netflix over Dave Chappelle: His transphobia "felt different" this time
"I never loved Dave’s trans material before but this time it felt different," the Dear White People co-showrunner, who is...
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Posted Saturday 10/09/21 at 3:32AM EDT
Sex Education has become more inclusive in showing queer relationships, gender presentation and intimacy with a disability
Creator Laurie Nunn says that presenting such interactions -- such as chest-binding among nonbinary characters -- matter-of-factly with plenty of...
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Dave Chappelle is stuck in an endless feedback loop: "His head is up his a**. He needs new ideas"
In The Closer, the finale to Chappelle's six Netflix standup specials, Chappelle goes "for the predictable jabs and rehashing takes...
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Posted Thursday 10/07/21 at 3:31AM EDT
Dear White People executive producer Jaclyn Moore says she's "done" with Netflix over Dave Chappelle's transphobic jokes
Chappelle's The Closer special has been called out by GLAAD and the National Black Justice Coalition for "ridiculing trans people.
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Posted Wednesday 10/06/21 at 7:18PM EDT
GLAAD: "Dave Chappelle's brand has become synonymous with ridiculing trans people and other marginalized communities"
GLAAD sent out a tweet lambasting Chappelle for his transphobic comments in his new Netflix special The Closer.