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NEWS DAVE CHAPPELLE STORMS OFF STAGE Throws Tantrum Over Noisy Crowd
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He'll be ight, I wish he'd come to VA though.
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Yes they can, but they don't need to. Nor should they since I would assume that most of the people who paid are there to see the comedian, not hecklers.
We're talking about stand up, not comedy. Stand up is a live performance. Heckling at live performances isn't justifiable. How many times you ever seen someone heckle a play or a musical and the crowd applaud the heckler?
Crowd work and heckling are two different things. If a comedian is going in on a someone in the crowd for an unnecessarily long time, it's apparent that he doesn't have that much material.
Yeah it does.
Opinions can be ridiculous.
For an example, look at your initial post.
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Also heckling isn't part of every comedian's forte. Sure a lot of them can do it, but not all of them are good at that thing.
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This... and Dave should've known this because that's just how a bigger festival crowd would act. He's experienced it before and stopped his sets before. Even in his stand-up specials you hear people acting like that, especially his second one. Just like any other comedian who does a special at the height of their fame.
Dave doesn't have to put up with this ****... but he should know how. To an extent. Because that's how crowds naturally are. It's perfectly justified to react the way he did, but as we can see people are gonna make him look bad for it.
It reminds me of another favorite artist of mine, Lupe Fiasco. Dude spends way too much time on Twitter responding to hate tweets and talking down on those people. And he's so defensive so often that it makes him look a little delusional or crotchity. Artists shouldn't have to endure **** like that... but it's gonna happen, and the best way is to brush it off for several different reasons.
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plvn watch the videos above to get a comedian's perspective of why your initial statement was ridiculous.
The best part about this is that you're actually reinforcing my point! Thank you!
Louis CK knows how to deal with hecklers. He doesn't like them, but he knows how to deal with them. That is a skill that I think comics should have. I really don't know how to make it any simpler.
I never said hecklers were an essential part of a comedy show or that they were justified. I never even inferred anything close to that.
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That situation was scripted, so not part of the video reinforced your point.
The best part about this is that you're actually reinforcing my point! Thank you!
Louis CK knows how to deal with hecklers. He doesn't like them, but he knows how to deal with them. That is a skill that I think comics should have. I really don't know how to make it any simpler.
I never said hecklers were an essential part of a comedy show or that they were justified. I never even inferred anything close to that.
As I said before, developing heckler handling skills isn't a necessary part of being a stand up comedian.
Having good and thought provoking material is what makes a good stand up comedian imo.
Very few people go to a stand up show to see a good heckler handling comedian.
You implied it. Saying that comedians should know how to deal with hecklers implies that hecklers should heckle, so they can be shut down.T
That is what you're implying. How much simpler do I need to make this for you?
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Most of the best comedians say that Dave Chapelle is one of the best comedians.
So if ya'll are trying to make it seem like he's so remedial at comedy as to not know how to deal with a heckler, you sound insane.
Did you watch the video? It was constant screaming from the crowd with no intention of hearing what the dude had to say.
So if ya'll are trying to make it seem like he's so remedial at comedy as to not know how to deal with a heckler, you sound insane.
Did you watch the video? It was constant screaming from the crowd with no intention of hearing what the dude had to say.
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Love those Louis CK vids.
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info on how to get tickets?
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You don't want it with Dave man.
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Yes...it did. He's telling stories of when he was heckled. I've seen Louis get heckled before. He handles it well.
The rest of your post is just the same tired "you implied" schtick that you always use...I won't even address it.
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Well of course no one needs to do anything but the still do don't they?
Umm stand-up is comedy my man....that's what it has been as it's core before people were amused with slapstick and things of that nature.
Comedy and heckling go hand in hand and like I said it's part of the territory....anytime you have a performance that involves talking....chances are you can have a heckler there....who would heckle at a musical? that analogy does not fit so it does not apply.
What about presidential/political rallies? what about people booing someone on stage....I mean that's a form of heckling isnt it?
And heckling is part of "crown work" or what I would say is "crowd control" by the MC because they are the focus of attention. It's their job to exert their control through whatever medium/platform their out there for and "rock the audience" for a lack of better words.
If you think that a comedian going in on someone in the audience means that they don't have material then you need to start watching more stand-up comedy.
As a big fan of comedy and someone who tries to make it to the cellar everytime I come back home I can say without a doubt that a comedian, especially an uber famous one, will have more than their fair share of hecklers, BUT they need to understand the appropriate way to combat that aspect, either through going in on them, asking security to remove them, or like your boy did....just sit there.
If you got rid of heckling at comedy venues your infringing on potential funny moments and crowd interaction with the comedian.
In the OG video Dave was prob at his limit because this has been happening to him for a while....but you gotta adapt. I hate when comedians start feeling themselves and their comedy too much where they get on that 'artform' tip. **** that. Like I said Dave should have came in there with material to **** on those hecklers/city.
I remember I was at the cellar one night and Norton, Koplitz, godfrey, and Robert Kelly ******* all over this dude in the front row from some european country who seems to have just showed up just to heckle.....It was the funniest thing I ever saw. Straight ******* on that dude and it felt so good.
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This ***** says that now . . .
Anyways never understood why people who paid to see a show heckle . . . You're the one taking an L if he walks off
Also am I the only one who thinks Dave Chappelle looks like a frog since he got buff
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The subtle stuff journalists/media does. The majority of people aren't going to click on this article when they see it on whatever news site they frequent.
They are just gonna see "breakdown" or "tantrum" and it will add to the general perception that Chappelle is crazy or on drugs when in reality like you said, he just chose not to perform for people that chose to disrespect him.
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I guess he might not make a comeback after all.
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They deserved it. Shut up and listen to the guy.
We really missed out man. We missed out on years of his show, and now he'll quit standup again. What a shame.
We really missed out man. We missed out on years of his show, and now he'll quit standup again. What a shame.
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To all of you saying that the audience deserved it, what about the people in the crowd that paid their hard earned money and had nothing to do with it?
Homie needs to grow some nuts and learn to control the crowd instead of shutting down like a little *****. When I saw him at the height of his fame he basically did the same ****. He's right, he should've stayed on his show and in formats where he can be edited to seem like a genius and a master comic, because as I and other people have seen, dude isn't a pro.
Anybody can take the best parts of a standup routine OR record their best performance and edit it and sell it as their standard, but it's just like with hip hop shows, not many can deliver that night in and night out. That's what separates the best, and he clearly isn't on that level.
Not a knock at his talent, but dude really ****** up his life by not sticking with what worked best for him. Standup ain't his thing.
Homie needs to grow some nuts and learn to control the crowd instead of shutting down like a little *****. When I saw him at the height of his fame he basically did the same ****. He's right, he should've stayed on his show and in formats where he can be edited to seem like a genius and a master comic, because as I and other people have seen, dude isn't a pro.
Anybody can take the best parts of a standup routine OR record their best performance and edit it and sell it as their standard, but it's just like with hip hop shows, not many can deliver that night in and night out. That's what separates the best, and he clearly isn't on that level.
Not a knock at his talent, but dude really ****** up his life by not sticking with what worked best for him. Standup ain't his thing.
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I went to a show of his back in June in Knoxville. He didn't have a tantrum, but he got side tracked the whole 2 hours and did maybe 15 minutes of material. It was frustrating but I still had some laughs and was glad I went.
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Ignorance. There is a balance between heckling and just being flat out rude. All the greats have left the stage when the heckling was more of pure distraction than general excitement. Eddie, Martin, Foxx, Richard, Cosby, Rock, they've all left when they felt disrespected. Its just that peons who don't know anything come out and think something is "wrong with him". His job is to tell jokes, not be annoyed. Heckling is common, but if the line is crossed, you don't perform, simple as that.
Sir San Diego
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What exactly am I ignorant of?
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you also lose your fans because you don't want to perform because you get heckled and don't know how to deal with it.
