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K100Talks...Netflix responds to Chappelle controversy!

K100 w/ Konnan & Disco

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🗓️ 17 October 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of K100Talks...the crew discusses Netflix's response to the recent controversy over Dave Chappelle's new stand up special, when did attitudes and sensitivities begin to change in such a harsh manner, bad takes on social media. changes in parenting, how much does entertainment really influence, over-medication of children, teens, and adults and more!


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Yo, we're back with another segment of K 100 talks and we're going to follow up on the Dave Chappelle Netflix controversy would be getting a lot of press lately.

0:42.0

And whoever wants to read article because I'm not sure what's going on. I've been out of the loop myself.

0:47.0

Okay, so let me just read this. So you like to reiterate what we talked about last week.

0:52.0

Right Dave Chappelle. Who is a comedian? Okay, made some jokes about transgenders and the transgenders of ribs.

0:58.0

Okay, because you know, even back in the day when you can make fun of yourself and every other like identity group no matter what it was because it was all under the

1:09.0

guys of comedy. It's like that that's all changed because for some reason people think that other people can't comprehend comedy and they will take everything serious.

1:18.0

Right. So last week, so Chappelle made those statements. So of course the outrage mob chimed in and complained, you know, trying to cancel Dave Chappelle.

1:28.0

So this is a story of Ted Sarandos who's an Netflix CEO, all right, doubles down on Dave Chappelle defense Netflix co CEO Ted Sarandos sent a last a lengthy

1:38.0

misive to the entire company following the mounting controversy around a new original special from comic Dave Chappelle.

1:44.0

After addressing top leadership in a Friday memo, Sarandos sent an email and money to all staff, some of whom have increasingly expressed outrage over jokes about the trans community and Chappelle's

1:55.0

closer and have scheduled a walk out protest as response. Quote, we know that a number of you have been left angry, disappointed in her by her decision to put Dave Chappelle's latest special on Netflix.

2:06.0

Sarandos wrote an email obtained by variety with the closer we understood that funny, like an email entertain by like so these people that work there, they're getting company emails are sending to the press.

2:17.0

Fantastic. With the closer we understand that the concern is not about offensive to some content, but titles which could increase real world harm such as further marginalizing already marginalized groups, hate, violence, etc.

2:31.0

Last year we heard similar concerns about 365 days against us another show and violence against women. While some employees disagree, we have a strong, this is the key word, the key sentence.

2:42.0

We have a strong belief that content on screen doesn't directly translate to real world harm, he said.

2:50.0

The strongest evidence to support this is that violence on screens has grown hugely over the last 30 years, especially with first party shooter games and yet violent crime has fallen significantly in many countries.

3:02.0

Adults can watch violence, assault and abuse, or enjoy shocking stand-up comedy without it causing harm to others, he continued.

3:11.0

When contacted by Variety for comment, queer media watchdog glad said it was, quote, found in 36 years ago because media representation has consequences for LGBTQ people.

3:23.0

Authentic media stories about LGBTQ lives have been cited as directly responsible for increasing public support for issues like marriage equality.

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