Chevy Chase says he's not racist while criticizing Community in NYT interview

Movieweb reports that Chevy Chase says he isn't racist while criticizing Community during a New York Times interview about his recently released documentary.

Chase, who left Community in Season 4 amid allegations he was unhappy with the direction of his character, said he departed over creative differences and called the show, "not that good": "I just didn't think it was that good, the show," he said, joking that his daughter "can go to Hell" for believing otherwise. The documentary, I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not, directed by Marina Zenovich, shows Chase at what the article describes as his most honest, with colleagues offering their own messages while the feature also highlights how incendiary his comments can be.

On the incident involving a reported racial slur, Chase told the Times it was a "misunderstanding," saying, "It was too great a misunderstanding of what I was saying and not saying...I'm not racist." The Movieweb piece also recounts Chase's career arc, notes longstanding reports of him being problematic on set, mentions recent health issues, and says his career "fizzled out."

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