Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth (2004) | How Woke Is It?

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Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth2004

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What We Think

'For What It's Worth' is about as non-woke as modern stand-up gets, with Chappelle using sharp wit to slice through sacred cows and avoid the usual sense of cultural hand-wringing. Not everyone will be comfortable, but that’s the point.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Dave Chappelle’s 2004 special puts comedy first, favoring authentic anecdote and satire over forced messaging. Identity topics are present, but they're used to spark edgy humor, not box-ticking or didactic lecturing. Narrative integrity remains largely intact, avoiding forced representation or unrealistic characterizations.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Chappelle pokes fun at everyone and everything, including family, masculinity, and religion, but in a way that acknowledges their complexity and value. His approach may be irreverent, but there's no agenda to undermine traditional institutions, if anything, he highlights their enduring presence in American life.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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The special thrives on pluralism, poking at all sides and resisting the safe, singular moral consensus we see in woker entertainment. Alternative viewpoints aren't villainized; they're laughed with and at, often simultaneously. There's no sense of ideological monoculture.

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