Overview
- In an on-camera exchange near the start of I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, the 82-year-old tells director Marina Zenovich she is “not bright enough,” a clip that went viral and drew sharp reactions on social media.
- The authorized CNN film is now streaming for subscribers and revisits Chase’s influential career alongside accounts of abrasive behavior reported by collaborators and in past coverage.
- The documentary reexamines his Community departure after reports he used a racial slur while disputing dialogue, with Chase maintaining in recent interviews that he is not racist and calling the incident a misunderstanding.
- Director Jay Chandrasekhar recounts an on-set meltdown linked to the alleged slur report and describes tensions involving cast member Yvette Nicole Brown, noting that Chase resisted apologizing.
- Zenovich has said many former colleagues declined to participate on camera, leaving the film to rely on family testimony, select collaborators, and previously published reporting.