This is a website apparently created by a public relations executive with his ear to the wall of Chappelle's Show claiming that there was a conspiracy by prominent black celebrities and industrialists to shut down the show because it enforced african-american stereotypes they had worked together to abolish. Members of the "Dark Crusaders" include Oprah, Bill Cosby, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Robert Johnson, Whoopi Goldberg, and Louis Farrakhan. This string of harassment on part of the Crusaders forced the untimely and surprising end of Chappelle's Show production for Season 3. An intriguing conspiracy, I must say. It seems unlikely, but who knows how powerful the rich and famous truely are? Your thoughts? http://www.chappelletheory.com/index.html
Fake. If not, then totally implausible. No matter how uppity and bourgeoisie I'd imagine all those people are, I just cant see them plotting together to take out a fellow public figure in the black community. That's too COINTELPRO for Bill Cosby. And "Dark Crusaders"? For shame.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it were true. I never really bought the whole story why Chapelle left and all that, but I don't know that I'd go as far as to believe this thing about the "Dark Crusaders." I think if it were true then they wouldn't be showing the next season... I think Chapelle just didn't want to do it anymore, but I don't know why.
But why sign a $50M contract if you don't want to do it anymore? He had the fame, the success, the fans, who in their right mind would turn that down, plus millions of dollars. There's something fishy about this.
Maybe Chappelle just didn't want all the money and fame anymore? He went from being somewhat of an underground comic/b-movie actor to a huge Comedy star in a matter of a few years. I'm sure that shocked him and brought him alot of unwanted attention. I doubt he knew how big his show would get.
I would understand that if he hadn't of signed the $50M contract. But that seems to contradict everything.
i thought production stopped cuz he put himself in a mental hospital...maybe that was earlier. idk. i don't think they would do that though, even if this group existed, for the same reason that ander had. it just makes no sense.
He was going to a psychiatrist at the time. But I think the whole institutionalization part was a rumour. Or maybe it was spun by Chappelle execs.
I thought the same thing. That never made any sense to me. But if all of this were true, I don't think Comedy Central would even be showing it. Comedy Central is a pretty ball-sy network, too... they do a lot of stuff that people don't like.
Has Comedy Central been showing the 6 already taped episodes from Season 3? I didn't think they were.
He stopped doing the show because he thought it was racist and saw how many white people found it hilarious.
Change of heart, most likely. If you step back and take a good look at things, they aren't how you perceived them to be in the first place.
Chappelle was trying to break DOWN racial stereotypes with the show. He hoped that the obtuse humor and the way it was presented would make people think twice about the stereotypes they have. For example, how Lil John goes from "YEAH!" and "WHAT!" to an incredibly intelligent person. It shows that someone can act a certain way for entertainment, but not really be like that all the time. It's every, he just didn't make it blatant. So when people started laughing for the wrong reasons, he stopped.
Well now that you put it that way I can understand why he cancelled. But wouldn't Comedy Central sue for the 50 million? I mean I understand Chapelle's reasoning but I were CC I'd be upset.
I doubt it. The show was huge, they could probably regain 50 million in a year from the DVD sales alone. Season 1 apparently sold 2 million copies, which is $100 million, I believe.
yeah but more seasons means more money... It just sounds so wrong for a network to understand things morally because, well, its all about business.. and DC was good for business