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“The problem with the Bobby Fischer theory is that Chappelle is not the kind of artist to meticulously plan ahead, let alone plot career exits decades in advance.”
― Searching for Dave Chappelle
― Searching for Dave Chappelle
“Tellingly, Chappelle kept making sketches about leaving his show.”
― Searching for Dave Chappelle
― Searching for Dave Chappelle
“fear makes us act ridiculous, but also human.”
― Searching for Dave Chappelle
― Searching for Dave Chappelle
“those coming of age in the Reagan era saw the idealism of the 1960s vanish and substituted a cynical and steely veneer. They sighed at political activism and rolled their eyes at passion and engagement. Unlike the hopeful kids from past decades, they were not marked by a particular cause to fight for. They were more likely to find all of politics contemptuous. What united them was a jaded outlook about not just politics but even the nature of honesty itself. “We are determined to make sure everyone knows that what we say might not be what we mean,”
― Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night
― Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night
“times,”
― Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night
― Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night
“Image can be so powerful that it can create its own reality. That’s exactly what show business does better than anything else.”
― Searching for Dave Chappelle
― Searching for Dave Chappelle
“[Wes] Craven rejected the ideas of his childhood, but he was still searching for something to replace them with, leading to confusion and dark spells. 'I had to much rage as a result of years of being made to be a good boy,' he says. 'I think when you're raised to be within such rigid confines of thought and conduct, what that does to a person is you think you are terrible if you violate the rules. It makes you crazy. Or it makes you angry.”
― Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
― Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
“This operates in popular culture in a bluntly commercial way, since black entertainers are also measured by a box office that is indifferent to the soul.”
― Searching for Dave Chappelle
― Searching for Dave Chappelle
