I'm kind of conflicted so far with Chappelle because, of the first seventeen skits I've seen (the first seventeen on the bracket), some have really positive and constructive social commentary motivating their scripts and others just seem...racist for the mere sake of being racist, for lack of a better way to put it. Neither the Tyrone Fear Factor and Mad Real World episodes really worked for me. I'd actually be genuinely intrigued to read an African American's commentary on skits like that because those skits seemed to play on racist stereotypes of blacks to make their jokes in a really negative and spiteful way, but it's entirely possible that by virtue of my privilege, I'm missing crucial context.
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