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List Price: $24.94 | | Salesrank: 181925
Released: March 14, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth finds the Comedy Central superstar in performance at San Francisco's legendary Winterland, where he's welcomed with a huge ovation. Easing into his set, Chappelle shares a few observations about the city itself, noting there's nothing tender about the Tenderloin District: "You've got people smoking crack while sitting in front of Starbucks." Chappelle's inspiration dips a bit after that, as the subject of sex with monkeys and smoking weed with Indians doesn't quite reach his usual standards. Then, suddenly, he's on top of his game again, his material like an echo of vintage Lenny Bruce as he discusses why whites drink grape juice and blacks drink "grape drink," why police harassment has led him to believe in impromptu alibis, and why the culture of celebrity should stay away from real-world issues: "Maybe Jah Rule doesn't have the answers we want in a disaster." --Tom Keogh
Taken together, Richard Pryor's concert films, the essential Live in Concert, the virtuoso Live on the Sunset Strip, and even the lesser Here and Now, provide a more incisive autobiographical portrait of the groundbreaking comedian than the fictionalized Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling. In Sunset Strip, Pryor relates two life-changing experiences. The first is his trip to "the motherland," Africa. As funny as is the routine in which Pryor gives voice to a couple of cheetahs poised to prey on unsuspecting gazelles, he brings the audience up short with a moving revelation that leads him to forswear ever again calling another black person the "N-word." The second, of course, is his near-fatal freebasing accident, which Pryor at first jokingly passes off as an accident involving milk and cookies. Then, he takes the audience step by harrowing step through his growing cocaine addiction (abetted by his untrustworthy pipe which speaks to him in reassuring tones), alienation from friends, including the formidable Jim Brown ("Whatcha gonna do?"), the explosion that resulted in third-degree burns over the upper half of his body, and finally, the agonizing rehab. It is even more unflinching and savagely funny than his Live in Concert routine about his heart attack. Other memorable bits include his experiences as a 19-year-old stand-up comedian working at a Mafia-owned club, a monologue from one of his signature characters, Mudbone, and his visit to a penitentiary while filming Stir Crazy. Sunset Strip captures Pryor's triumphant return to the stage. He is a survivor, unbowed, winning this round over the demons that plagued him throughout his career. --Donald Liebenson
Dave Chappelle - For What It's Worth/Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip Two Pack Reviews:
Funny as $#!T !!! Must have for any self-respecting Chappelle fan. 
2009-08-09 - Ok, stop reading reviews and just buy the darned DVD already. If you like Dave Chappelle, you simply need to add this to your collection. While not his absolutely most funniest stuff, still worth getting and still ranks a 5 for anybody that likes Chapelle.
Hilarious. Watch it! Buy it! You won't regret it.
2009-06-04 - Maybe not as great as his other stand up special, but not every piece of work you do can be your best. This is still worth buying and watching over and over again to laugh at alone or with friends. Enjoyable. Quotable.
Amazing
2009-04-20 - If you are a Dave Chappelle fan or a person that likes comedy, this is definately one of the funniest stand-up shows ever.. You will laugh harder than ever, Daves insight on Aids and Monkeys, celeberities and on white peoples food and drinks are one of the funniest bits ever.. Dave chappelle is clearly one of the greatest comedians of all times, probably the best since Richard Pryor...
Long Live Chappelles
2009-04-16 - Though it be his masterpiece, I pray this is not the final recorded stand-up performance of Dave Chappelle's career. Despite the best efforts of a speculative and intrusive fan base, and a cold and cutthroat Hollywood work environment, Dave Chappelle found a way to delve deep into his soul and produce for us a work of comedy every bit as witty and insightful as ever have been recorded. When the suits of Comedy Central and the proprietors of comedy's old guard finish marching lockstep to Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Eddie Murphy, Lenny Bruce, and Bill Cosby, and finally turn around, they would realize their dwindling entourage and the exodus of youth towards comics like Chappelle. That "The Chappelle Show" was the monitary success it was and created the social impact it did, despite its short run time and cable television venue, speaks volumes of this man's talent.
"For What It's Worth" delivers social commentary without being preachy in a discussion about "How old is 15 really?", skillfully pokes fun at racial differences in bits surrounding passing out at a white persons house and drinking grape Kool-Aid, and broaches the oft treaded territory of relationships without resorting to the same ol' "women are emotional" and "men are clueless" schticks. There is no greater evidence of why you should own this performance, than his closing bit "Long Live Chappelles" where Dave talks about his 3 year old son making him a macaroni necklace. It's such an incredible bit, and my personal all-time favorite, because it shows a man as vulnerable, thoughtful, and caring, which, unfortunately, are aspects of men not often expressed on stage. Maybe if Dave continues to amass fans at the rate he has, comedy will be forced to evolve into a Chappelle form, a form with broad appeal that doesn't sacrifice intellect or humor.
Take this home and take it in.
Hilarious
2009-03-11 - Dave Chappelle is one of the funniest comedians I have ever seen. His observational as well as his political humor will leave one rolling on the floor. Great DVD!
