New Dave Chapelle Movie!

[Kalo]

Dave Chappelle has a new movie: Dave Chappelle's Block Party. Here are quotes from

Stephanie Zacharek's review on Salon.com:

Block Party is partly a performance documentary, a record of an afternoon-into-evening concert that took place on Sept. 18, 2004, at the L-shaped intersection of two quiet Bed-Stuy streets: The artists featured on the program include Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Kanye West, the Roots and Dead Prez, as well as, remarkably, the reunited Fugees. But "Block Party" is also a record of Chappelle just horsing around, both in New York and Ohio. And Chappelle's horsing around is often funnier, and more brilliant, than the routines other comedians spend months honing.

And dig this:

Chappelle's timing is so remarkably perfect, without ever being rigid or predictable. His beats are marvelously elastic, but they snap when they need to. You know he's not kidding when he explains that he learned about timing from listening to Thelonious Monk, whose woozy musical punch lines always hit their target.

Here's the whole review:

www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/03/03/chappelle/index.html

I can't wait to see this!

[catesta]

I'm a Chapelle fan so I'll be checking this out.

[Soulstation1]

anyone see chappelle on inside the actor's studio on bravo?

worth checking out

[Kalo]

I finally saw this last night. A genuine "feel good" movie, rather than the ersatz Hollywood kind. The musical acts were mostly engaging (I'm going to check out more Cody Chestnutt, for one), and Chappelle provides further evidence that he might just be the funniest MF alive. I love that fact that he attributes his crack comic timing to a close and reverent study of Thelonious Monk! Highly recommended.