Overview
- Director Jay Chandrasekhar says he was directing the episode the night Chevy Chase was fired after using the N-word on the Community set in 2012.
- He recounts that tensions flared during a hand‑puppet blackface bit, Yvette Nicole Brown left the scene, and Chase refused to apologize while citing his past rapport with Richard Pryor.
- Chandrasekhar says a leak to The Hollywood Reporter about a “racial incident” preceded a “full meltdown,” with Chase shouting that his career was ruined before leaving the set.
- Contemporaneous reporting noted the slur was used while Chase was questioning dialogue and was not directed at Donald Glover or Brown.
- The documentary also revisits long‑running friction with creator Dan Harmon and notes that production halted after the incident, with Chase exiting after Season 4 and returning for one episode in 2014.