Posted by Kevin Ashle Knighton
Just nowHe's Baaaaaaaaaaaaack!!! Suddenly, Dave Chappelle, the great disappearing man of comedy, is everywhere.
One minute he's cracking jokes on late-night television with David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon, giving a quote to GQ and even making an appearance on the “Today” show. His welcome comeback has surely come at the expense of some mystique. Once you chat with Matt Lauer while holding a handmade sign plugging your new shows, your days as a reclusive rebel are over. That shift is reflected in his comedy.
His performance Wednesday night at Radio City Music Hall, the first of a much-ballyhooed nine-show engagement, seemed to make an effort to move past his exit from his hit show on Comedy Central. I saw him perform four times last year, but this was a more conventional, less introspective set. It was often hilarious — as you would expect from one of the greatest comedians of his generation — and a year of steady performing has tightened his jokes and fine tuned a polished act. Welcome back Dave Chappelle, comedy has missed you.
One minute he's cracking jokes on late-night television with David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon, giving a quote to GQ and even making an appearance on the “Today” show. His welcome comeback has surely come at the expense of some mystique. Once you chat with Matt Lauer while holding a handmade sign plugging your new shows, your days as a reclusive rebel are over. That shift is reflected in his comedy.
His performance Wednesday night at Radio City Music Hall, the first of a much-ballyhooed
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