It is hard to argue that a sketch comedian better than Dave Chappelle has ever lived. When presented with this assignment I instantly knew exactly what piece of culture I was going to analyze, and after some short research I found out that this sketch has been named the best skit ever to air on the Chappelle Show. This skit is called "Frontline"-Clayton Bigsby (part 2), and is based on a black man, named Clayton Bigsby, who was born blind and was lied to about the fact that he was black. Clayton then goes on to become a white supremacist leader and the backbone of the white supremacist movement.
From the very beginning to literally second-to-last sentence of the sketch, it is chocked full of irony and satire; with the journalist at one point actually saying how ironic the situation is at one point in the sketch. Clayton proceeds to go on throughout the sketch explaining his hatred for black people in a way that is absolutely hilarious to the audience; and is so ironic that you begin to question how Chappelle pulls it off.
The humor of the sketch is that the character Clayton passionately fights for one thing, while simultaneously being the thing that he hates the most. I'm not sure that I have ever encountered any media that so thoroughly and masterfully employs all three types of irony, and I don't think that I will ever encounter anything better.
I like how you go in depth on your description of Chappelle.
ReplyDeletegreat point and i really like how you were able to share in great detail
ReplyDeletegreat point and i really like how you were able to share in great detail
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