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Chappelle on ‘S.N.L.’: Easing Us Into a Transition as No One Else Can
When Dave Chappelle hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 2016, four days after the presidential election, he ended his monologue with a thought about President-elect Donald J. Trump. “I’m wishing Donald Trump luck,” Chappelle said at the time. “And I’m going to give him a chance, and we, the historically disenfranchised, demand that he give us…