Following the comedy of Dave Chappelle, a famous comedian, who through his show, speaks about many issues in life in such a funny way, such as race. The first season begins with Dave has a brilliant idea about how to order the home stenographer.
It's premature to dismiss Chappelle's Show after one subpar episode, it's worth a second chance on the host's cred alone - assuming the same problems don't persist.
Chappelle's genius is that he's able to mine the current, the political, the seamy, the gross and -- best of all -- the taboo for humor. In doing so, he makes viewers think.
Like his idol, Richard Pryor, Chappelle uses his comedy to tackle issues of race, particularly the relationships between black and white people in America.
From the opening spoof on the Mitsubishi Eclipse commercials to the final Learning Channel special "Trading Spouses," Season One is full of fantastic routines.
At its best, the show is outrageous and hilarious at once...We're willing to tolerate some inconsistency if Chappelle can resist the temptation to congratulate himself on his controversial material.
What fuels this spotty but often funny sketch-comedy series is a kind of laid-back indignation, a refusal to believe that ignoring racial differences will make anyone's life better.