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Netflix on Sunday launched a preview for Dave Chappelle’s upcoming Netflix comedy particular, “The Dreamer.”
The preview for the present, releasing on New Yr’s Eve, is narrated by Morgan Freeman.
“What do you dream about? Not the goals you could have in your sleep, those you maintain in your coronary heart,” Freeman is heard saying. “What occurs to a dream deferred? Fortunate for Dave, he doesn’t know.”
Footage of Chappelle and Freeman watching the particular, which was filmed in Washington DC on the Lincoln Theatre, is briefly featured within the spot, together with clips of the comic acting on stage.
“The Dreamer” follows the comic’s 2021 Netflix particular “The Nearer,” which sparked criticism over jokes considered as transphobic by some LGTBQ+ advocates and artists, and spurred dozens of Netflix staff to stage a walk out over the controversy.
On the time, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos acknowledged that he “screwed up” by not speaking higher along with his staff who had been upset that the streamer stood by Chappelle’s particular, telling Variety in October 2021 that he “ought to have led with much more humanity.”
In “The Dreamer,” Chappelle discusses a Could 2022 incident the place he was attacked by a person whereas on stage in Los Angeles and the “slap” at the Oscars that very same yr, in accordance with Netflix.
“The Dreamer” is ready to stream on Netflix on December 31.