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Disappearing comedian Dave Chappelle has turned explaining his decision to leave his Comedy Central series into something of a second career, first on Inside the Actor's Studio, then Oprah, and now in a 10-page spread in an upcoming issue of Esquire:

[He] says he closed "Chappelle" for reasons cultural, professional and personal.

Culturally: "The bottom line was, white people own everything, and where can a black person go and be himself or say something that's familiar to him and not have to explain or apologize?"

Presumably, the interviewer was too polite to point out the obvious answer to his question: Namely, the "comedian's wildest dream" scenario of a show starring and named for them, over which they would have complete creative control, and for which they would be paid $50 million.