Michelle Buteau wants Dave Chappelle to tweak trans jokes

Michelle Buteau’s new special premiered on Netflix on Tuesday, and the comedian had some good advice for her fellow comedians, Dave Chappelle.

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

Michele Buteau doubled down on the criticism in her Netflix special, “Michel Buteau: The Mind of Buteau at Radio City Music Hall.”

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

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

The “Survival of the Thick” actress challenged her fans to let it happen Chappelle Know that he can be funny about the transgender community without making fun of it.

“We can do it. We can make it funny,” Bhutto said. “We just have to work at it, right? So, if you met Dave Chappelle, would you tell him? I don’t think he knows this shit.

Buteau’s special premiered on Netflix on New Year’s Eve.

Comedian Chappelle gave him props for being an iconic comedian by calling him “GOAT (the greatest of all time)” but also roasted him for his trans jokes and claimed to Chappelle that GOAT symbolizes “coming out to trans people.”

She was also disciplined Chappelle To make trans people feel unsafe.

“I can’t believe that someone could make millions and millions of dollars making people feel unsafe. This is really very strange to me,” Bhutto said. diverse. “I’m showing this tonight. This is a takeover of Radio City Music Hall, and I’m going to tell everyone that I want to make millions and millions of dollars making people feel safe, seen, secure, heard, and entertained.”

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

Chappelle made a trans joke while telling the story of how he met the comedian Jim Carrey On the set of Andy Kaufman’s biopic, “Man in the Moon.”

Carrey played the late comedian in the film, and according to Chappelle, Carrey 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.

He said: “In hindsight, how lucky am I really? That I got to see one of the greatest artists of my time indulge in one of his most challenging processes ever? I was very lucky that I got to see that, but as it happened, it was very disappointing.” Chappelle.

He continued, “I wanted to meet Jim Carrey and I had to pretend this person was Andy Kaufman.” “In the afternoon, it was clearly Jim Carrey. I could look at him and I could see it was Jim Carrey. Anyway, I say all that to say, this is how trans people make me feel.”

Chappelle was referring to the ongoing controversy between the comedian and the transgender community, which stems from transgender jokes he made during his 2021 comedy special, “The Closer.” The comedian went on to say that he will be telling no more trans jokes as he doubles down on his brand of humour.

“I don’t have sex with those 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 all. I’m tired of talking about them.”

He continued: “To be honest with you, I’ve been trying to mend my relationship with the transgender community, because I don’t want them to think I don’t love them.”

“Do you know how I fixed it? I wrote a play. I wrote it. Because I know gays like plays,” he joked. It is a very sad play, but moving. It’s about a black trans woman whose pronoun is, unfortunately, n—- a. She’s crying. At the end of the play, she dies of loneliness because white liberals don’t know how to talk to her.

Buteau is the first woman to film a comedy special at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, according to the British Daily Mail. USA Today.

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

“I never asked my team: ‘Can I do this?’” Botto said. “I was like, 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? You just do. Stop listening to people who want to bring you down.”

Buteau also said in her 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 it funny?” “Because it doesn’t seem funny,” Bhutto said. “You’re hurting people and making it 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.” Yes! Slavery was legal, folks. Sometimes we have to move on, and I’m sorry if it’s different, but wrap your little mind around this.”