MINNEAPOLIS — Reasonable minds may differ on whether or not Dave Chappelle’s act is unnecessarily cruel. But here’s one thing we should all agree on: it’s getting way too expensive to meet him in person.
Tickets for Chappelle’s performance on Wednesday, which moved from First Avenue to the Varsity Theater less than five hours before showtime after social media backlash, were originally priced at $129, already a small fortune to watch. a guy telling jokes into a microphone.
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