Thread: Comedian CHARLIE MURPHY DEAD AT 57 After Leukemia Battle

Originally Posted by redhaze

my explanation was a wee bit closer to the mark than yours

when Time interviewed him in Africa and he kept on repeating, "I've got to check my intentions." The example he brought up often after quitting came when shooting a sketch in which, in an attempt to skewer racism, Chappelle was performing in blackface. Chappelle says a white crew member laughed at the "wrong" part of the joke. As he explained on Oprah, it was the fundamental difference between an audience laughing with him and an audience laughing at him. This is a big difference for a comedian who famously will laugh at his own jokes.

http://www.vulture.com/2014/06/dave-...y-he-quit.html



people weren't laughing at what he intended to be funny (the satire) but instead were laughing at the racial stereotypes.

Originally Posted by Slick

I almost killed myself

Originally Posted by raycarey

people weren't laughing at what he intended to be funny (the satire) but instead were laughing at the racial stereotypes.

Originally Posted by raycarey

people weren't laughing at what he intended to be funny (the satire) but instead were laughing at the racial stereotypes.

Well your quote says nothing about why he quit his show, so I'm gonna go ahead and stick with my citation which does just that

Originally Posted by redhaze

the story goes that it actually caused Dave Chapelle to have a nervous breakdown due to the pressure to live up to that level of funny, eventually end the show

whatever. i really don't care one way or the other...and i'm confident chappelle doesn't give a shit about what we think.


anyway, decorum dictates that we need to get back to the passing of the "legend".....AKA....eddie murphy's brother.

Originally Posted by raycarey

whatever. i really don't care one way or the other...

My neighbor's Uncle passed in his sleep naturally last week.
He was 92.

Was he funny?

Originally Posted by Slick

Was he funny?

Far more worthy to society than your Charlie Murphy or any false idol of celebritydom.

So easily swayed.