Peter Bart: Netflix’s Numbers Keep Expanding, But So Does The Criticism

widely-panned Netflix comedy special “The Closer” is still making waves weeks after its initial release.Another A-list star has spoken out in defense of the comedian, 48, after his special sparked criticism regarding the LGBTQ community. Jay-Z recently praised Chappelle and called him a “super-genius” despite his comments.“He’s super-brave and super-genius,” the 51-year-old rapper said on Nov.

Chappelle came under fire from prominent social justice organizations last month for jokes targeting trans and other LGBTQ+ people in his new special. “Gender is a fact,” he says at one point in the hour-plus set.

Netflix employees have filed a complaint against the platform, with one claiming that they were fired for speaking out against the Dave Chappelle stand-up special.The pair submitted the complaint with the National Labour Relations Board after saying that one was fired and the other was suspended and then reinstated back into the company for retaliating against the platform’s decision to defend Chappelle’s controversial comments about the trans community.As reported by IndieWire, the filing has

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorTwo Netflix employees have filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board alleging the streaming giant retaliated against them for protesting Dave Chappelle’s comedy special “The Closer.”An NLRB representative confirmed that an unfair labor practice charge was filed Wednesday.B.

The blast radius from the controversy over Dave Chappelle’s repeated remarks about the trans and LGBTQ+ communities in his Netflix special The Closer has now extended to the National Labor Relations Board and bruising charges of “unfair labor practices” against the streamer.

Caitlyn Jenner is defending Dave Chappelle.

Caitlyn Jenner came to Dave Chappelle’s defense amid the controversial comments that he made in his new Netflix comedy special, which target the LGBTQIA+ community.

Bill Maher has never been shy about expressing some often-unpopular opinions, and he continued that tradition on Friday night’s edition of “Real Time with Bill Maher”.

"Real Time" host Bill Maher offered a strong defense of fellow comedian Dave Chappelle amid the uproar over Chappelle's Netflix special.  The streaming giant has stood behind "The Closer," which critics have decried as "transphobic" over remarks Chappelle made supporting J.K.

Dave Chappelle is willing to talk. After Netflix employees staged a walk-out in reaction to comments in the 48-year-old comedian’s recent special, “The Closer”, his rep tells ET that he is open to speaking to those who work at the streaming giant that are upset by his jokes.

Netflix employees currently protesting Dave Chappelle’s stand-up special The Closer.The comedian labelled himself a “TERF” in his set, after he addressed the controversy surrounding Harry Potter author JK Rowling.“They canceled J.K. Rowling – my God,” Chappelle said in the show.

Dave Chappelle is willing to talk. After Netflix employees staged a walk-out in reaction to comments in the 48-year-old comedian's recent special,, his rep tells ET that he is open to speaking to those who work at the streaming giant that are upset by his jokes.«Dave stands by his art. Both sides of the street are talking, and Dave is listening.

Jon Stewart is putting on his public relations cap in defense of longtime friend, comedian Dave Chappelle, who Stewart is adamant was not trying to be divisive in his latest comedy special, "The Closer."  Netflix employees staged a walkout on Wednesday after previously taking to social media and issuing internal memos to the streamer’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos, calling for the comedy offering to be removed from the platform after many felt Chappelle made jokes negatively impacting the transgender

Chappelle came under fire from prominent social justice organizations earlier this month for the comedian’s jokes targeting trans and other LGBTQ+ people in his new special. “Gender is a fact,” he says at one point in the hour-plus set.

Rose McGowan is not impressed by the Netflix employees staging a walkout.

J. Kim Murphy administratorTerra Field, a trans Netflix employee who denounced Dave Chappelle’s “attacks [on] the trans community” in his new special “The Closer,” has elaborated on her criticism of the company’s defense for releasing the special.On Monday, Field shared an online essay titled “It Was Never About Dave” on her Medium blog.

A philanthropic boasting Reed Hastings may not want to talk today about Dave Chappelle and controversy around remarks centered on the trans and LGBTQ+ communities in his special The Closer, but the Netflix staffer who called out the streamer on the “attacks” in the October 5 launched show certainly does – in-depth and at length.

The Closer.A Bloomberg report published on Wednesday (October 13) stated Netflix spent $24.1million on The Closer and $23.6million on the comedian’s 2019 special, Sticks & Stones, comparing them to the $3.9million spent for Bo Burnham’s Inside and Squid Game’s $21.4million.From internal documents seen by the publication, the Sticks & Stones special was measured as having an “impact value” of $19.4million by Netflix, meaning it cost more than the value it generated.In a statement released to NME,