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Blackzilla

Chappelle's Show
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A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

In a subtitled spoof of Japanese monster movies, a towering Dave Chappelle lumbers into Tokyo with habits the city is not ready for.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Chappelle's Show restages a vintage Japanese monster film on miniature Tokyo sets, complete with stiff English subtitles. A giant Blackzilla (Dave Chappelle) strolls through the city, swigging from a rooftop water tower and lighting up a tree to smoke, while the army's rifle volley ends with the soldiers collapsing in his haze. Townspeople gawk at what he reveals, and a lab of scientists releases Godzilla to stop him, setting off a clumsy rooftop brawl that leaves the famous monster beaten. With the city's champion down, Blackzilla turns his attentions to a nearby volcano as the crowd watches in horror and fascination.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 6

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

Blackzilla. Run for your life.

Monster smoking the trees.

No! Not the volcano!

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

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