Dave Chappelle

If Richard Pryor were thirty years younger and tapping the same inspirational vein as the South Park guys, he might be very like Dave Chappelle: smart, scatological, splenetic, and not interested in slaughtering sacred cows so much as stampeding the whole herd off a cliff, or maybe through Dick Cheney’s front yard. His sketch series, Chappelle’s Show, is one of Comedy Central’s sharpest and most consistently hilarious offerings, thanks to his take-no-prisoners attitude and recurring bits like “Charlie Murphy’s True Stories” (that’s Eddie’s real-life brother), featuring Chappelle’s blistering impersonations of guys like Rick James and Prince. For a preview, check out the show’s first season on DVD; on stage, Chappelle is sure to be even more ferociously funny—and they won’t be bleeping him, either. 910 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; (612) 339-7007; www.hennepintheatredistrict.com


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