Michelle Buteau Wants Dave Chappelle To amend Trans Jokes

Michelle Buteau’s new special was released on Netflix this Tuesday, and the comedian has some good advice to give to her fellow comedian, Dave Chappelle.

Chappelle received backlash from the trans community over jokes he made in his 2023 Netflix special, “Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer.”

Michelle Buteau doubled down on the criticism in her own Netflix special, “Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall.”

According to Variety, Buteau wants the comedian to “make it funny” when it comes to joking about the trans community.

In her Netflix special, “Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall,” the 47-year-old comedian criticized Chappelle for the way he jokes about trans people.

The ‘Survival of the Thickest’ actress challenged her fans to let Chapel know that he could be funny about the trans community without being denigrating.

“We can do this. We can make things funny,” Buteau said. “We just have to work at it, don’t we?” So if you ever meet Dave Chappelle, can you let him know this shit? I don’t think he knows this shit.

Buteau’s special was released on Netflix on New Year’s Eve.

The comedian gave Chappelle props for being an iconic comedian by calling him “The GOAT (Greatest of All Time),” but she also roasted him for his transgender jokes and claimed that for Chappelle , GOAT meant “attacking trans people”.

She also reprimanded Chapel to make trans people feel unsafe.

“I can’t believe someone would make millions and millions of dollars to put people in danger. It’s so crazy to me, really,” Buteau said, according to Variety. “I’m protesting this shit tonight. It’s a Radio City Music Hall takeover, and I’m going to tell everyone I want to make millions and millions of dollars to make people feel empowered. safe, seen, heard and entertained.”

“Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer” was also released on Netflix on New Year’s Eve a year ago, and the comedian was widely criticized for remarks he made about trans people during the special.

Chappelle made a trans joke while telling a story about meeting a comedian Jim Carrey on the set of the Andy Kaufman biopic, “Man in the Moon.”

Carrey played the late comedian in the film and, according to Chappelle, Carrey was playing a method role when he met him on set and the actor stayed in character. The “Half Baked” star, 51, added that he was grateful to have witnessed Carrey’s creative transformation, but that it was “disappointing” at the time.

“Looking back, how fucking lucky am I? To have been able to see one of the greatest artists of my time immersed in one of his most difficult processes of all time? Very lucky to have seen that, but as it happened, it was very disappointing,” Chapelle said.

“I wanted to meet Jim Carrey and I had to pretend this nigga was Andy Kaufman,” he continued. “All afternoon he was clearly Jim Carrey. I could look at him and I could see he was Jim Carrey. Anyway, I say all that to say, this is what makes me feel feel about trans people.”

Chappelle was referring to the comedian’s ongoing controversy with the trans community, which stems from transgender jokes he told during his 2021 comedy special, “The Closer.” The comedian went on to say he would no longer tell trans jokes while doubling down on his humor.

“I don’t fuck with these people anymore,” he joked. “It wasn’t worth it. I don’t say anything about them. Maybe three or four times tonight, but that’s it. I’m tired of talking about them.”

“To be honest with you, I’ve been trying to repair my relationship with the transgender community, because I don’t want them to think I don’t like them,” he continued.

“You know how I fixed it? I wrote a play. I did it. Because I know gays love plays,” he joked. “It’s a very sad play, but it’s moving. It’s about a black transgender woman whose pronoun is unfortunately nigger. It’s heartbreaking. At the end of the play, she dies of loneliness because that white liberals don’t know how to talk to him.

Buteau is the first woman to film a comedy special at Radio City Music Hall in New York, according to The United States today.

The comedian told the outlet that she wanted others to feel “seen” with her Netflix special, including the LGBTQ community.

“I never asked my team, ‘Can I do this?’ “, said Buteau. “I thought, ‘How can you help me do this?’ I don’t want to hear “I can’t.” It’s crazy. How do you exist as a black, brown, queer, or fat person? Just do it. Stop listening to people who want to put you down. »

Buteau also said in his special that Chappelle’s way of joking is “dangerous.”

“I’m not saying you can’t say things – I’m just saying, ‘Can you make things funny?’ Because it doesn’t look fun,” Buteau said. “You’re hurting people and you’re making things dangerous. And it’s not just Chappelle – it’s part of the culture that I don’t understand. When people say, “We can’t do what we used to do.” Yeah! Slavery was legal, guys. Sometimes we have to move forward, and I’m sorry if it’s different, but think carefully.”