wakephan09
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I was showing a scene yesterday from Robin Hood: Men in Tights and not a single one of my students had ever even heard of Dave Chappelle
I was showing a scene yesterday from Robin Hood: Men in Tights and not a single one of my students had ever even heard of Dave Chappelle
This moment is almost as shocking to me as in 2012 when not a single one of my students had ever held a newspaper.
I was showing a scene yesterday from Robin Hood: Men in Tights and not a single one of my students had ever even heard of Dave Chappelle
and I remember freshman year at Wake that campus was silent on Chappelle's Show nights, everyone was watching. p sure it was season 2 because I recall everyone doing Rick James and Lil' John impressions.
The "men in tights" song. Talking about how our conceptions of what is funny change over time, especially based on our attention to social issues. The secret twist (every good class has one!) was then for a student to notice Chapelle and point to his recent Netflix controversy. But nopeWhat were you using from MiT in class?
This moment is almost as shocking to me as in 2012 when not a single one of my students had ever held a newspaper.
The impact of that dude just walking away and not taking the giant fucking pile of money to sell out is an awesome example.
He was so fucking huge when he pumped the brakes.
wait what
What kory said, yes, but also I think a decade ago was even a different time. That class in particular was all first-generation and English language learners so I'm thinking their familial and cultural backgrounds also had something to do with it.wait what
late millennials and zoomers generally don't sub to newspapers, don't want to carry them around, and don't like the environmental impact of daily print is what they've told me
I get not subscribing to the paper, but for an entire class to never have held a single newspaper in 2012 is bananas
long, but on my to-read list (from 2013): https://believermag.com/if-he-hollers-let-him-go/
Chappelle didn’t seem to understand that these rumors of drugs and insanity, though paternalistic, were just the result of disbelief and curiosity. Like Salinger’s retreat from fame, Chappelle’s departure demanded an explanation: how could any human being have the willpower, the chutzpah, the determination to refuse the amount of money rumored to be Chappelle’s next paycheck: fifty million dollars. Say it with me now. Fifty. Million. Dollars. When the dust settled, and Chappelle had done interviews with Oprah and James Lipton in an attempt to recover his image and tell his story, two things became immediately apparent: Dave Chappelle is without a doubt his generation’s smartest comic, and the hole he left in comedy is so great that even ten years later very few people can accept the reason he later gave for leaving fame and fortune behind: he wanted to find a simpler way of life.
hmm laughing at rural americans
interesting