[View the story "Dave Chappelle walks offstage" on Storify ]Dave Chappelle walks offstage Twitter responds to reports that the comedian was heckled at a recent show, resulting in him cutting his performance short. Storified by AJAMStream · Fri, Aug 30 2013 12:52:05
Audience members posted video of the walk-off on Youtube.
Dave Chappelle walk off - Hartford Hecklerscptobvius
The
organizers of Chappelle's tour asked the audience to quiet down during the set.
Hey Hartford! Pipe down and let Dave Chappelle do his thing!Oddball Fest
Spectators tweeted their reactions to his walk-off.
Dave Chappelle announces 'I'm back', does 10 brilliant minutes & is driven off the stage by the worst crowd i've ever seen #connecticutIvan Brandon
Yes. Some people were cheering Chapelle and yelling that they loved him. There was also audible booing and yelling of not nice thingsMike Wellman
Just went to see Dave Chappelle sit on a stool for 30 minutes. Hartford didn't ruin it. You ruined it, Dave. GG.Gina the Huntress
Well, Dave chappelle just killed it in Hartford. If by kill it I mean his act would have been better had he died before taking the stageStephen Clement
Dave Chappelle was a train wreck in Hartford. So much for the king returning...Derick Ramos
Several media organizations described Chappelle's reaction as a meltdown. Below are some examples of headlines
used to
describe the event.
Watch Dave Chappelle Have an Onstage Meltdown in Hartford, Connecticutverbicidemagazine.com
DAVE CHAPPELLE STORMS OFF STAGE Throws Tantrum Over Noisy Crowdtmz.com
DAVE CHAPPELLE HAS BREAKDOWN ON STAGE IN HARTFORDunderthegunreview.net
Twitter users discussed his response to the heckling.
Chappelle refuses to sell out and I ain’t mad at him. There’s a difference in people laughing AT you and laughing WITH you1-800 I-NEED-A-Blue™
Dave Chappelle can learn a thing about how to respond to hecklers from Bill Burr & Louis CKKevin L
So, wait. People heckled Dave Chappelle and were surprised/upset when he walked off stage?Ashly
Others took issue with the narrative of mental breakdown.
It's amazing that Dave Chappelle gets heckled into silence and the narrative is "Chappelle melts down" and not "hecklers ruin comedy shows."david brothers
@hermanos I know. starting to hate the term "meltdown" for the way it's applied to people under unfair pressureMeredith Gran
"Chappelle wasn’t having a meltdown. This was a Black artist shrugging the weight of White consumption, deciding when enough was enough"Franchesca Ramsey
Some on Twitter and in the media
looked at the role of race in the interaction between Chappelle and the audience.
In college there were so many morons whose takeaway from Chappelle's Show was it allowed them to use the n word. No wonder he quit.JJ
Dave Chappelle eyes been open to the racial injustices. They tried to blame his hiatus on weed. Nah, he just got tired of being a monkey#RN
Yall made Dave Chappelle's walking off stage a racial thing. I hate the media!!ReedoBrown
Chappelle reportedly asked the DJ at the comedy club to play Kanye West's song "New Slaves" as he walked out.
re: dave chappelle walking off to new slaves, kanye has said he and chappelle are of the same mind, a "laughing to keep from crying" camptaariq raza
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