First two weeks, I kept reading criticisms about how unfunny he was. Finally, one day after a hard day’s work, I checked the shit out. Laughed my ass off and chased my blues away. Fuck what white people or Asians say. I mention Asians because they are often lodged so deep up white people’s asses. Dave tells the funny truth the only way a non-follower can. They mad cause he won’t pile on certain outcasts and stick to white people talking points.
Dave Chappelle's Netflix special 'Sticks and Stones' gets a 99% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Comedian Dave Chappelle's newest Netflix special 'Sticks & Stones" has sharply divided critics and audiences
Critics and audiences couldn't disagree more about Dave Chappelle's eyebrow-raising Netflix special, 'Sticks & Stones,' which has been slammed by culture writers as unabashed hate speech yet lauded by fans as one of the best comedy performances of all time.
Chappelle's latest hour-long stand-up comedy set for the industry-leading streaming service initially received an extremely rare 0 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating from five professional critics, placing it among the likes of all-time box office bombs like Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004) and Dennis Rodman's Simon Sez (1999).
That abysmally-low critics rating rose to 17 and then 29 percent on Tuesday - the same day Rotten Tomatoes unveiled Chappelle's special has received an equally rare 99 percent audience score.
The high audience rating was the cumulative score from at least 3,753 casual reviewers who praised the comedian for daring to broach controversial topics that most comic stars have avoided in the era of 'cancel culture.'
Such a stark contrast among critics and regular viewers is almost unheard of and illustrates the wide cultural divide among the general public and media cultural elites.
Chappelle received added adulation for lambasting both sides of America's political divide and, most of all, for making people laugh hysterically in the process.
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The stand up comedy film initially received a 0 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes before being upgraded to 17 and then 29 percent on Tuesday. Yet audiences gave the film a 99 percent rating
Chappelle's jokes about the Me Too movement, Michael Jackson's accusers and the LGBTQ community have drawn scorn from progressive writers
Dave Chappelle returns with controversial special Sticks and Stones
'Dave Chappelle at his finest, brutal, brilliant and above all hilarious,' wrote reviewer Ed B. 'Nothing is sacred in this, and in that he treats everyone as equal. Simply fantastic.'
Rappers Nas and T.I. piled on the praise-fest for Chappelle over Labor Day weekend.
'No diss to the other greats but... bro the Greatest Today,' Nas wrote on his Instagram page along with a promotional photo from Chappelle's special.
'Legend of epic proportions!!' added T.I. 'Damn wtf these soft *ss politically correct, cant' take a joke *ss critics say... Bro is the BEST I've ever seen... FEARLESS!!!'
Rappers Nas and T.I. piled on the praise-fest for Chappelle over Labor Day weekend
Nas called Chappelle 'the Greatest Today,' in a Labor Day weekend IG post. T.I. followed up with his own praise, calling Chappelle 'FEARLESS!!!' and a 'Legend of epic proportions!!'
Critics and audiences agree that the special is graphic, vulgar, and extremely offensive, even if it's also funny.
Dave Chappelle's Netflix special 'Sticks and Stones' gets a 99% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Comedian Dave Chappelle's newest Netflix special 'Sticks & Stones" has sharply divided critics and audiences
Critics and audiences couldn't disagree more about Dave Chappelle's eyebrow-raising Netflix special, 'Sticks & Stones,' which has been slammed by culture writers as unabashed hate speech yet lauded by fans as one of the best comedy performances of all time.
Chappelle's latest hour-long stand-up comedy set for the industry-leading streaming service initially received an extremely rare 0 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating from five professional critics, placing it among the likes of all-time box office bombs like Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004) and Dennis Rodman's Simon Sez (1999).
That abysmally-low critics rating rose to 17 and then 29 percent on Tuesday - the same day Rotten Tomatoes unveiled Chappelle's special has received an equally rare 99 percent audience score.
The high audience rating was the cumulative score from at least 3,753 casual reviewers who praised the comedian for daring to broach controversial topics that most comic stars have avoided in the era of 'cancel culture.'
Such a stark contrast among critics and regular viewers is almost unheard of and illustrates the wide cultural divide among the general public and media cultural elites.
Chappelle received added adulation for lambasting both sides of America's political divide and, most of all, for making people laugh hysterically in the process.
Scroll down for video
The stand up comedy film initially received a 0 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes before being upgraded to 17 and then 29 percent on Tuesday. Yet audiences gave the film a 99 percent rating
Chappelle's jokes about the Me Too movement, Michael Jackson's accusers and the LGBTQ community have drawn scorn from progressive writers
Dave Chappelle returns with controversial special Sticks and Stones
'Dave Chappelle at his finest, brutal, brilliant and above all hilarious,' wrote reviewer Ed B. 'Nothing is sacred in this, and in that he treats everyone as equal. Simply fantastic.'
Rappers Nas and T.I. piled on the praise-fest for Chappelle over Labor Day weekend.
'No diss to the other greats but... bro the Greatest Today,' Nas wrote on his Instagram page along with a promotional photo from Chappelle's special.
'Legend of epic proportions!!' added T.I. 'Damn wtf these soft *ss politically correct, cant' take a joke *ss critics say... Bro is the BEST I've ever seen... FEARLESS!!!'
Rappers Nas and T.I. piled on the praise-fest for Chappelle over Labor Day weekend
Nas called Chappelle 'the Greatest Today,' in a Labor Day weekend IG post. T.I. followed up with his own praise, calling Chappelle 'FEARLESS!!!' and a 'Legend of epic proportions!!'
Critics and audiences agree that the special is graphic, vulgar, and extremely offensive, even if it's also funny.