You know that things are serious when Dave Chapelle - arguably the funniest stand-up comic on the planet - ditches his usual acerbic sense of humour for a grave monologue. That's what he's done with 8:46, a new routine where he addresses the concerns over police brutality in the United States of America. Chapelle references the killings of Trayvon Martin and George Floyd (whose neck was trapped under a policeman's knee for eight minutes and 46 seconds, hence the title). This isn't comedy. This is activism on the lines of Martin Luther King Jr.

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