Altogether, Dave Chappelle’s Block Party is a really great, really fun, really upbeat, really exciting movie.
But I think for me, it’s a movie made up of great individual moments.
Like Kanye West’s performance of “Jesus Walks.”
Or The Fugees’ reunion.
Or when Erykah Badu’s wig nearly blows off.
Or when a guy in a store apologies for cursing and Dave says it’s alright, “this is a movie.”
Or when a Dayton, Ohio, woman is packing for her trip to New York and she wonders what to wear to a rap party, saying “I should have bought a thong.”
There are almost too many to mention, and they all add up to something really great. Continue reading
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