Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin
Dave Chappelle delivers a provocative Hollywood stand-up set that converts race, technology, and celebrity scandal into skewed social commentary.
Overview
Dave Chappelle delivers a hilarious and insightful stand-up performance that tackles race, technology, and pop culture.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- irreverent
- sardonic
- comedy night
- adult viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Chappelle builds jokes around race and the social meanings attached to it.
Technology is one of the special's explicitly identified subjects.
The OJ Simpson case is singled out as a recurring comedic topic.
The entire work presents Dave Chappelle performing stand-up as himself for a live audience.
Films like Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin, and why
Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly
sharp observational stand-up comedy combining social commentary, race, celebrity culture, and provocative humor
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity
adult stand-up performance driven by topical cultural commentary, political humor, and an iconic comedian's conversational stage presence
Chris Rock: Tamborine
provocative solo comedy special using race, public controversy, and contemporary technology as material
Movie Details
- Director
- Stan Lathan
- Release Date
- 2017-03-21
- Runtime
- 67 min
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 (303)
Cast
- Dave Chappelle
Common questions
- What is Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin about?
- Dave Chappelle delivers a provocative Hollywood stand-up set that converts race, technology, and celebrity scandal into skewed social commentary.
- What is Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin.
- Which films are like Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin?
- Films with a similar feel include Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly, Dave Chappelle: Equanimity, and Chris Rock: Tamborine.
- How long is Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin?
- Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin runs 67 minutes.
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