In his Netflix special, The Dreamer, Dave Chappelle has a compelling full-circle moment of his stand-up career. Mentioning that in 2000, he filmed his first-hour special ‘Killin’ Them Softly’ at the Lincoln Theater in the exact location in Washington, DC.

Chappelle’s reputation for addressing multiple topics is like any other comedian’s. He covered Chris Rock and Will Smith’s altercation at the Oscars, the man who attacked him live on stage, trans and disabled people.

Being good friends with Chris Rock, he said he called Rock after the Oscars. Confessing that he couldn’t believe that it wasn’t a joke, because Smith went back to “enjoying his evening”.

Then he goes on to tell about his attacker, Isaiah Lee, who attacked him during his show because he felt “triggered” by Chappelle’s homeless and LGBTQ+ jokes.

He included a story about visiting actor Jim Carrey on location while filming Man on the Moon, where he played comedian Andy Kaufman. Chappelle says he was “very disappointed” to spend the day talking to Carrey as Kaufman, adding, “That’s how trans people make me feel.”

After a few jokes about not joking about the trans community, Chappelle then joked about maybe using more jokes about disabled people “not being as organized as the gays, and I love punching down.”

Chappelle works with transgender comedians, like Flame Monroe and the late Daphne Dorman, both of whom received threats for their work with Dave.