“I think in general modern comedy is moving away from this. Alexandra Haddow, a comedian and writer, spoke to GLAMOUR about this: Offending people as a consequence will always happen, but when it’s the sole purpose of a piece of work, that’s when we step into dangerous territory.
While many people celebrated these developments, equal numbers were outraged, making the familiar arguments that people make mistakes, PC killjoys are ruining all their fun, and that cancel culture is ruining people’s careers (may we direct you to thee above paragraph about Dave Chappelle). Since June 2020, The Mighty Boosh and The League of Gentlemen were removed from Netflix for their use of blackface, Shane Dawson was been called out for sexualising Willow Smith (who was then 11 years old), and Jenna Marbles left YouTube after wearing blackface and impersonating Nicki Minaj. “If this is what being canceled is like, I love it,” noted Chappelle in response to the standing ovation (via The Hollywood Reporter). After Dave Chappelle's Netflix special, The Closer made a series of jokes at transgender people's' expense, the comedian was greeted with rapturous applause at a subsequent sold-out show at L.A.’s iconic Hollywood Bowl, attended by the likes of Brad Pitt, Tiffany Haddish, and Sterling K.
