"I feel like Dave freed the slaves. Yeah, the comedians."

“I feel like Dave freed the slaves. Yeah, the comedians,” a masked Wayans, 61, told TMZ while heading to catch a flight Monday at LAX. “We were slaves to PC culture and he just, you know — as an artist he’s Van Gogh. He cut his ear off. He’s trying to tell us it’s OK.”…

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Critics called for “The Closer” to be yanked from the streaming giant’s lineup, but a head Netflix honcho declared Monday that he prefers to stand on the side of “artistic freedom.”

“Chappelle is one of the most popular stand-up comedians today, and we have a long-standing deal with him. His last special ‘Sticks & Stones,’ also controversial, is our most-watched, stickiest and most award-winning stand-up special to date,” Ted Sarandos, 57, co-CEO and chief creative officer of Netflix wrote in a company memo. “As with our other talent, we work hard to support their creative freedom — even though this means there will always be content on Netflix some people believe is harmful.”

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