After a hiatus, Chappelle returned to performing stand-up comedy across the U.S. By 2006, Chappelle was called the "comic genius of America" by Esquire and, in 2013, "the best" by a Billboard writer. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 9 in their "50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time".
A filmmaker who is a veteran of comedic satire, Terry Gilliam of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," "Jabberwocky," "Time Bandits" and "12 Monkeys" fame, says his newest project featuring satire about wokeness may face heavy headwinds because President Donald Trump killed the movement.