IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Kunta Kinte
Played by Dave Chappelle
Kunta Kinte is the central fictional character in Alex Haley’s Roots and its television adaptations. In Chappelle’s Show’s Roots Outtakes, Dave Chappelle parodies the character in a baby-naming ceremony and a whipping scene that breaks…
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Kunta Kinte is the central fictional character in Alex Haley’s Roots and its television adaptations. In Chappelle’s Show’s Roots Outtakes, Dave Chappelle parodies the character in a baby-naming ceremony and a whipping scene that breaks into staged on-set chaos.
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