For your weekend reading, you might consider this essay I published last
week for LA Review of Books on Dave Chappelle’s Twain-inspired disruption
of the comedy industry, with detours into Clint Eastwood and Bob Marley:

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-political-economy-of-chappelles-redemption-songs/
-- 
Matt Seybold
Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies
Elmira College
Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org
MattSeybold.com