@PorterUk - While I agree with the gist of what you are saying, I disagree with the substance, so, "please, allow me to retort". (best Samuel L voice) While comedy does indeed come in many flavors, all great comedy has an edge that pokes the bears of our societal "sacred cows" while at the same time making us go "hmmmmmm..." Pryor's comedy, while indeed ground breaking, (Lenny Bruce and "blue" "chitlin circuit" comics like Redd Fox, Mom's Mabley, Dick Gregory notwithstanding) was often self deprecating, and actually poked fun at himself later in his career. Carlin IMO kind of got mean in his later years, and just thought anyone that wasn't him was just stupid. Murphy in a way, lost his edge when he decided to be a movie star rather than a comedian, and seemed more concerned with good reviews and being bankable than "poking the bear". Chris Rock, in spite of the brave face he put on after the Oscar dust up, in the back of his mind has to be thinking "is this over the line?" when he writes jokes now, thus, taking the temper off his perceived edge.

Chapelle straight WALKED AWAY from millions in his PRIME, and, in the interim there was this sea change that we now call "wokeness", which as Bill Burr alluded to, is really just the repressed childhood anger and fear of people with too much time and knowledge, but no WISDOM with which to temper it. When Chapelle came back, he was doing the same observational comedy he did before, but, failed to take notice of the proverbial eggshells which we are now not allowed to tread on, without fear of reprisal. The bits he did that people got upset about, were about real people and things that happened, and those who are the most vocal about it are like Bill, when he KNOWS he screwed up with his kid, but his wife still has to get in his face and in the end, her rant just fades into the background while he contemplates the meaning of his life.

The key statement you make for me is, "Bill has never reached the heights those others did", thus, (IMO) he doesn't have as much to lose as far as employment opportunities, while the others you mentioned, pretty much have "F.U. money" and will be OK (other than Pryor, who LITERALLY self immolated his career before illness took him, far too soon, RIP.

But I really enjoyed his set, and, you are correct in applauding his takes on the pandemic, feminism, cancel culture, et al. However, several times, he has to pause and cue the audience to point out the irony of what he is saying, or perhaps he's just read the room, and adjusted on the fly. (which is what great comedians do) In either case, it was a great set, and it is well worth the watch.