So I never really gave it much of a chance. When I watched it on occasion, I did see the genius that a lot of folks talk about with him, but…I’m glad he walked away, because I can appreciate his art a lot more in whatever he decides to pursue later…and I tend to think he’ll find a new venue or a way to do it.

I will say that the sketches are pretty fascinating just as a map of Dave’s creative crack-up. Every single one of them was about being post 50MM Dave. The pixie sketch didn’t strike me as worth quitting over. I think Dave was just tired: From what I understand of his process he wrote and reshot things until they were right. The pixie sketch seems like something he would have been able to punch into shape first season, but by the time it was shot he had run out of steam.

Maybe the guy’s “laugh” alerted Dave to the fact that, “Hey, they really ‘don’t’ get it!”

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I haven’t seen the show, but I’m basing this on comments here regarding the skit.

I thought the pixie sketch was funny for the most part, though it, like all of the new sketches, needed editing.

The black pixie was the best, and the Ying Yang Twins bit caught me off guard and had me rolling. The others were problematic for various reasons, mostly due to writing. In the Latino one, the guy from Half Baked is simply a terrible actor. In the Asian one, while the guy did a good acting job, they didn’t choose the right stereotype. In the first white one, the situation wasn’t right–they should have had a white guy interacting with a black stranger. And the final white guy one was pointless.

I agree that the post-sketch discussion was some Grade A. I don’t blame Donnell and Charlie for hosting–what are they going to do, turn it down?–but it is clear that they are uncomfortable, but that might just be because they, being untalented, are out of their league.

ultimately, its up to the individual to figure out how much effort he or she will put into trying to glean the message intended by the artist from what’s being shown or heard. as artists, all we can do is be clear with our intent. that’s it. folk are gonna see all that stuff how they wanna see it.

the presence of charlie and donnell on that show brings up an issue we all face…if they hadn’t done the show, what would it have meant for them? is being loyal to dave gonna pay their bills? when dave left, was he concerned about what would happen to those cats now that he abruptly ended their means of getting paid? did he make provisions for them? was he supposed to?

while the show itself was definitely an edited snow job, was it their responsibility to make it otherwise? no. and i don’t think they’re sell-outs because of it. to me, a sell-out is someone who sacrifices principles and creativity as personal expression for money. i don’t think donnell and charlie ever came across as cats who were in the game for any other reason than the money.

With that said, if you’re in the game and you don’t love the game…you’re probably in it for the money. So, Dave’s leaving his show - and taking much of their earning power with him - is really not the signature moment here.

It seems to me that this is the cornerstone of mediocrity…doing something you don’t love for some reason that will eventually put you at odds with those who do it for the love. I believe its known as a failure to keep it real.

and so it is…, (btw - I’ll be using that expression, subconsciously intellectual on the regular from here on out - thanks)

For Comedy Central to touch on what concerned Dave, it would have to talk to some regular, run-of-the-mill white folks and ask them why they found the sketch to be humorous. After all, those are the people that worried Dave.

I have very grave doubts about the ability of run-of-the-mill white folks to engage in the same type of introspection that gives rise to subconscious intellectual performance.

Consequently, run-of-the-mill white folks are susceptible to racist propaganda in ways that many black folks are not. They can exist in a state of extreme internal contradiction in which their subconscious is filled to the brim with biases, yet their rational minds deny any volitional racist intent.