Dave Chappelle walks off stage at comedy show amid heckling.

[HappyHapyJoyJoy]

No, But there are "hazards" of certain jobs there are ways to deal with it either its just getting management to remove the people or like some comedians attacking that person and making him look stupid. I'm not saying it's right, But there are ways to deal with it without punishing the rest of the customers

But ultimately that's the thing; management didn't deal with it. That makes this a failing of the club, and certainly one for the asshole who interrupted the show. Chappelle is the victim here. He's ultimately blameless, yet people are blaming him and telling him to grow a thicker skin. You yourself said...

I don't like hecklers but if you're a comedian and you can't deal with it then you're in the wrong business

Let's go back to the scenario with the waitress, where sexual harassment ultimately is a hazard of the job. Let's say you don't get your drink because some asshole starts grabbing at your waitress every time she walks by. She finally gets fed up, tosses her tray on the ground, and storms out of the restaurant. So do you say, "I don't like sexual assault, but if you're a waitress and you can't deal with it you're in the wrong business"? Probably not. Ain't her fault. She shouldn't be subjected to that shit and management should have backed up her and tossed the guy. You can blame the guy, and even the restaurant, but not the waitress. That shit may happen but dealing with it isn't part of her job. In the scenario with Chappelle it's not his fault that a troublemaker showed up, nor that management didn't bounce that guy. Dave showed up to do what he was paid to do; run his material. He's not the club's bouncer, so dealing with troublemakers is distinctly not part of his job.

 

[wite]

How the mighty has fallen. Since leaving his show back in 2005, Dave Chappelle hasn't been the same. He's going to have the find some way of getting his mojo back.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

I saw Chappelle perform last month in Montreal and he was a riot, but before the show they had his DJ remind the audience several times that heckling is prohibited.

Here's the thing: Chappelle's methods for dealing with heckling are pretty well known to his fans. If you heckle, he is going to pull this shit on you because half the time hecklers only do it because they want to be able to go to their friends afterwards and say they got insulted by a comedian. They decided to heckle, so he responded in his way.

 

[mokbel69]

There's hecklers and then there's morons. This goes beyond the odd heckler. I can't imagine having to deal with dickheads, not just the odd one, but dozens every time you go to work! It's morons like these that caused him to say enough is enough and so he stopped making his show and walked away from stand up. After nearly a decade, some of his so called fans, seem oblivious to the fact as to why he walked away. He doesn't want to keep hearing 'I'm Rick James, Bitch" for the rest of his life. Out of the 2 years and all the funny moments in his TV series, it got reduced to one line?! These fuckwits are ruining it for the rest of us real Dave Chappelle fans, and to them I say FUCK YOU!

This also makes me think of the Infamous 'Freebird' Bill Hicks incident.



People need to learn a bit of respect, sit the fuck down, shut up and enjoy the show. If you can't do that, then don't turn up.

 

[alexpnz]

Chappelle was NEVER a good Stand up comic.

He was always a good writer and that's why his TV show was so great.

He has always been a head case and should have stayed with his TV show.

Now he's irrelevant and it's too late......unless he starts up the show again.

 

[MissHybrid]

Jimmy Carr does this pretty well and sometimes encourages it. His material gets me too.

Also I agree that a comedian shouldn't have to learn to deal with hecklers. Audience members should be told to keep quiet unless the comedian openly encourages them to join in. If they can't keep quiet they should be removed.

That's how to do it!