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Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly

Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly

Comedy · TV Movie · 2000

Dave Chappelle returns for a stand-up to D.C. and riffs on politics, police, race relations, drugs, Sesame Street and more.

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Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly

2000 Comedy · TV Movie 57m

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Dave Chappelle returns for a stand-up to D.C. and riffs on politics, police, race relations, drugs, Sesame Street and more.

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Directed by

Stan Lathan

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Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle

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Albert Precourt

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Put Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly on trial.

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.