Writing Archives - Ask A Black Dude: Meet Comedian Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle from The Progressive, November 2003

Bad politics makes for good laughs. Just ask Dave Chappelle, the comedian who is starting his second season in January on Comedy Central with Chappelle's Show. "As a citizen, I'm freaked out, he says. "As a comedian, it's fertile."

Live, he's not shy about discussing the war in Iraq. At an April appearance in Boston on his "Blackzilla" tour he mentioned …