At Dave Chappelle's Request, Netflix Removes Chappelle's Show

It's just a media stunt that Netflix and Chapelle collaborated on.

Next.

I don't see the issue on either side.

On the one hand, Chapelle signed a contract that dictated his payment from the Chapelle show.

On the other, Netflix wants to do future business with Chapelle, and they're doing what they can to keep him on board.

There are no heroes or villains here. Just business.

Eh that show was overrated anyways. Other than Rick James and a few other segments, it really wasn’t as good as everyone says it was.

Let me guess....so the argument will be either "take responsibility for your decisions and honor your contract" or "it's not fair, greedy industry, etc."

I mean... read the contract dude.

I don't know. Yeah it sucks, but if you sign a contract you signed one and you abide by the rules.

If the contract is not to your liking you renegociate for futur works, but both you and the other party profited from the conditions of the contrat on the previous work.

Those conditions being decided at the time with the current state of the artist's popularity, reach, range and so on.

If you got popular you can't go back and say it's not fair that the thing that got you popular doesn't pay as good or more than what was agreed...

Thanks for telling people.where to stream it anyway, without Dave getting paid. Kinda like when you told people where to go to buy scalped PS5s.

Sh*tty longer term contracts... Everyone has signed one of those at any point of their lives.

That's why good managers renegotiate annually or bi-annually.

Once the show became a hit, with a short contract, he could have fixed the royalties issue.

Yes, the networks are not nice for taking advantage, but on the other hand, business is business. Dave should have fixed it after the first contract was up.

Good for Dave Chappelle for speaking his mind, and good on Netflix for listening and reacting appropriately.

I’m getting the vibe that many here won’t watch the full video. It’s a little long at 18 minutes but it’s worth a watch. I can definitely see where he’s coming from. The man is a legend and no one can dispute that he walks to the beat of his own drum.

There’s something grim about this Taylor Swift-Dave Chappelle approach of leveraging their fan base in their contract negotiations. We’re talking about a hundred millionaires pleading for public sympathy to get another few million. It’s grim.

I thought this was going to have to do with Netflix's ever-increasing repetoire of objectionable content like "Cuties" and the like. That being said, I honestly can't believe the kind of stuff companies can legally get away with using a simple contract. Seriously, up until now, I would have never thought it possible that all it took to legally swindle someone out of earning money for their performances was their signature on paper. There should honestly be more restrictions on the sorts of things that contracts can allow because this is completely absurd.

What a dummy, some people will probably just go buy the show now digitally or on disc. Sure showed those big companies.

Netflix earns a gold star.

Yeah total BS, since he can't ever profit from the show (because of his poor choices), no one should be able to watch it ever again? Unless they go out and buy the DVD's in which case he still probably doesn't make anything.

Also he is probably taking money out of his co-stars and writers pockets who did adhere to their contracts and make syndication royalties.

Well that is... not intuitive, to be fair. I would've thought his contract break in S3 just bars him from profiting off S3, in addition to forfeiting pay at the time. But it voided all future royalties from his legit work in S1 and S2? Stinks I guess, though... choices.

As I recall Dave Chapelle hit it big with that show, cashed a giant check for season 2, and then didn't feel like working anymore. Comedy Central was forced to fill in the blanks with guest hosts and shorten season 3 to practically nothing. Why Dave Chappelle should want to bring this period of his career back up is beyond me, but it's no surprise if a company that owes him nothing doesn't feel like paying him.

Is it right? No. Is it legal? Yes. Chappelle seems to forget he's the one that broke the contract not them. Is that right?