Netflix has exclusive comedy specials with big stars like Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais, but the streaming service has faced backlash for working with them due to transphobic jokes included in the specials.
09.05.2022 - 02:33 / deadline.com
Concert promotion giant Live Nation should be broken up, according to New Jersey Democratic Congressman Bill Pascrell, who claims its safety record is disturbing.
Pascrell cited the recent attack on comedian Dave Chappelle and the Travis Scott Astroworld tragedy that resulted in the death of 10 people and numerous inuries.
“About 200 deaths and 750 injuries occurred at Live Nation events since 2006,” Bill Pascrell said to the New York Post. “Have safety measures not improved? Has Live Nation silenced organizers? I want answers. I think the public deserves to know.”
Pascrell claimed he wrote to the Federal Trade Commission and Dept. of Justice in March. In his writing, he cited a need to overturn mergers, such as the 2010 bonding of Live Nation and Tickermaster.
Since that merger, Live Nation controls an estimated 85% of the live music process, from purchasing the ticket, owning the venue, scheduling the show, and promoting it, too.
After the Astroworld tragedy, members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform wrote to Live Nation in December 2021, “Reports indicate that security and medical staff were inexperienced or ill-equipped to deal with mass injuries. Some attendees stated that the placement of barricades made it difficult to escape. Experts have stated that Astroworld Festival organizers failed to heed warning signs.”
Live Nation has also been involved in various incidents that caused multiple fines for safety issues.
“They may double the profits, and they still didn’t do anything about the safety of folks who go to their concerts,” Pascrell said. “The disaster results are obvious in terms of how many people died. They got to be held accountable, just like any other business.”
Live Nation has not responded to the
Netflix has exclusive comedy specials with big stars like Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais, but the streaming service has faced backlash for working with them due to transphobic jokes included in the specials.
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The man who was arrested for tackling Dave Chappelle on stage at the Hollywood Bowl claimed he was inspired by actor Will Smith, who pulled a stunt at the 2022 Oscars by slapping Chris Rock after taking offense to a joke made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Isaiah Lee, 23, spoke with the New York Post in a jailhouse interview on Monday and lamented to the outlet that while he felt Rock was out of line with the "G.I Jane" joke he made at Pinkett Smith’s expense, speaking to hair loss from alopecia, ultimately Smith was "standing up for his wife," and that action is what inspired him to do the same for those Lee felt Chappelle offended with his commentary surrounding the LGBTQ and homeless communities. "I wanted him to know that next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect," Lee claimed, according to The Post.
New York Post that his fellow inmates recognize him from the Hollywood Bowl incident.“They come up to me and ask, ‘Hey, are you the guy who went up to Dave Chappelle?'” Lee said. “I feel safer here right now than being outside because I’m going to need to find and hire security.”On Sunday, Lee said that he rushed the stage and tackled the comedian to send him a message about his “triggering” jokes. “I wanted him to know that next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect,” the 23-year-old stated, referencing his history with homelessness and sexual abuse, as well as his bisexual identity.
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New York Post from a Los Angeles correctional facility Sunday, Lee explained what was going through his mind when he ambushed Chappelle on the stage of the Hollywood Bowl.“I identify as bisexual … and I wanted him to know what he said was triggering,” he said. “I wanted him to know that next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect.”Lee said he was “triggered” by Chappelle’s jokes about the LGBTQ community and homelessness.
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Dave Chappelle is none-too-pleased that the man who gained access to the Hollywood Bowl stage and attacked him was given a slap on the wrist after the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office declined to issue felony charges in the incident, according to the comedian’s lawyer. "It’s a travesty of justice that DA [George] Gascòn is refusing to prosecute this case as a felony," Chappelle’s attorney Gabriel Colwell told the New York Post on Friday. "The City Attorney, who filed the case, is doing his job but DA Gascón should also do his job and charge this as a felony." The alleged attacker, 23-year-old Isaiah Lee, pleaded not guilty to four misdemeanor counts at his arraignment on Friday. On Thursday, L.A.
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