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Saturday, at the RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation’s Art for Life benefit on Long Island, Dave Chappelle spoke about how his return to comedy is happening during such a racially turbulent moment in American history:
“This is a very surprisingly emotionally charged time,†he said to the AP, “so people like me, I think, are very relevant and necessary in sorting through all this information and emotional content. And when we are at our best, hopefully we are doing a great service to many people.â€
“The biggest enemy of an artist is apathy … A kid gets killed by the police and I buy a T-shirt and before I can wear that one, there’s another kid (killed) and I’m running out of closet space.â€