Saturday, January 22, 2022

Untitled Dave Chappelle documentary (AKA Live in Real Life AKA This Time This Place - 2021)

Jack and I liked a lot this movie showing the comedian producing outdoor comedy shows safely, under COVID protocols, near in his home in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with lots of special guests. Oscar-winning documentarians Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar direct the fast paced movie.

We are fans of the envelope-pushing Chappelle, even if we don't agree with all of his jokes, so we broke our rule of watching only from home, and ventured out to an arena on November 19, 2021, with proof of vaccination and masks required, where the movie was one part of a very long multimedia show, with other comedians, awkward audience participation, a set by Chappelle himself, and musical guests. We complied with the request to lock our phones and smart watches in Yondr pouches, so we had no idea what time it was when anything happened. Up in the nosebleed section we weren't too crowded. The show started at 7:00 or so, and when we left and could unlock the pouches to check the time, it was midnight with musicians still on stage when we made our exit.

Reichert and Bognar were last blogged for American Factory. When we saw this movie, it was simply called Untitled, but the other two titles are floating around the internet.

I wish I could tell you how to see it, but I can't find any information as to when or where it will be available. I would watch it again, just to get the dialogue I missed with no closed captions and people walking in front of us during the screening.

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