Fire all thousand of them and call it good.
1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Chappelle
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#12For those who haven't seen the special, the core of the controversy appears to be Chappelle mourning his friend, Daphne Dorman. She was a transgender standup comedian who opened for Chappelle and defended his comedy against the Twitter mob. She killed herself shortly after she was canceled by the mob and Chappelle set up a trust fund for her daughter.
Chappelle paid tribute to her in his special, but he did it in an offensive way. But given their relationship, the tribute was probably something she would have approved of and her family has defended Chappelle's tribute: https://deadline.com/2021/10/dave-chappelle-the-closer-defen...
Most of the outrage appears to come from people who haven't actually watched the special and are taking Chappelle's quotes about racism and LGBT issues out of context.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well I certainly hope Netflix doesn't capitulate - maybe they can play up the controversy in the most sigma fashion possible and sign Dave Chappelle for another 10 specials to "respond" to the controversy.
Did you seriously unironically advocate for being a 'sigma male'?
It was meant as a joke, but those videos are pretty hilarious.
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#14Does anyone know what the demands are?
Very confusing, it was Chapelle's final special with Netflix, and it has already aired. What would the 1k employees like?
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#15I'll be watching this with interest, hoping that Netflix leadership follows recent pushback against the woke mob. We can no longer tolerate sanitizing the web of the things a small minority are offended by. This was the message that Chapelle delivered, and this is peak irony.
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#16Why does it seem like the controversial statements that are being picked out are what is being fixated on? They seem to intentionally ignore the surrounding context of the message he’s actually trying to convey.
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#18Unpopular opinion on hn here but Dave's trans skit hinges on his audience not knowing enough about trans people for him to get away with creative character assassination. He openly condemns their argument against Rowling as goal-posting make believe and in doing so lends his approval to her documented and open transphobia.
If anything it should be an indictment of how he treats his audience in 2021. There are plenty of hillarious trans jokes to be made but He needs to do a better job of reading the room. When you punch down in your sets, its bullying not satire.
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#19If you don't like the company's decisions, you should stop working for the company - easy enough. I feel like the social justice brigade needs to seriously lighten up - maybe don't watch content that sets you off so easily? Just like everyone has had to do since.. the invention of television and other broadcast media?
Lightening up is the one thing people like this are unable to do.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If you don't like the company's decisions, you should stop working for the company - easy enough. That's exactly the threat here, but with an opportunity for the company to alter its decision making if it wants the labor.
What would you say if Netflix called their bluff and just fired all the people that walked out? This reminds me more of the student protests we used to see, where they wanted to walk out of classes or miss exams but also wanted special treatment so they didn't fail the class. I've got no problem with not working at a place whose values you dont agree with, but I see this kind of action (and similar things at other te…
> What would you say if Netflix called their bluff and just fired all the people that walked out?
That would be a pretty awesome outcome - Netflix shouldn't have to change their programming (which is generally largely uncontroversial for the most part - I mean when is the last time they truly pushed the envelope? Maybe the OATS STUDIOS and original Black Mirror content?) to satisfy the permanently dissatisfied members of these new-age social movements that attempt to force people to say things that they don't agree with for fear of getting 'cancelled' among other outcomes that are socially negative.