Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones

Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones

2019
Comedy
TV Special
1h 5m
Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in a defiant stand-up special filmed in Atlanta. (imdb)
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Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones

2019
Comedy
TV Special
1h 5m
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Rated 04 Sep 2019
75
93rd
If you're WOKE, you better put 0 as your score or else I'm going to report you to the SJW Police (aka Vice, Salon, Vox, Buzzfeed, Slate)
Rated 04 Sep 2019
90
81st
Chappelle, Stanhope, and Gervais are the only well known comedians left willing to risk it all, speak honestly, and find the humor in the dark and untouchable, just as Carlin and Pryor did before. Was this special consistently funny? No. It needed edited. Some jokes were poorly crafted, while the show itself had too much dead space. However, at this point in time I'd rather see someone at least make an attempt to challenge minds. A great non-malicious rebuttal for today's easily offended culture
Rated 01 Sep 2019
85
85th
It's commendable during these cancel culture times for a stand up set to essentially be a checklist of topics that could get you in hot water
Rated 17 Oct 2019
72
86th
The genius of Dave is he doesn't need much material, because his conversational storytelling is so engaging. He does have some points here, and he also seems to take it on to himself as an antagonist to political correctness, which is an important position, even if you don't agree with the position he is taking. Good stuff.
Rated 07 Sep 2019
70
67th
Finds the right balance between angry and funny, and as others already have stated: insistingly politically incorrect comedians ripping into everyone is a breath of fresh air these days.
Rated 17 Oct 2019
83
73rd
Given that he tackles topics that The Powers That Be have determined aren't to be joked about, he sounds original and ballsy, but his framing of jokes about trans-genderism-racialism and the alphabet people are hilarious without being demeaning (of course, folks will consider any and all jokes against these protect classes as an insult).
Rated 27 Aug 2019
58
60th
Chappelle is still hilarious to watch but there's the sense that he's stuck in a rut that he got into in his previous specials regarding MeToo, trans rights etc. His bits about them are stale and if he keeps going back to that well in future specials it'll become weird.
Rated 30 Aug 2019
80
68th
Not the most original, insightful, hilarious, etc. from Dave, but he still never fails to constantly make me laugh.
Rated 01 Sep 2019
74
74th
Chappelle is his own mountain in the comedy world, and this special is all about proving to himself and the world that he can do what nobody else can. It's transgressive for transgressive's sake, which I don't love, but he's also still Dave-Motherfucking-Chappelle, so it's still hilarious.
Rated 04 Oct 2019
90
96th
I love how Dave Chapelle became a White Supremacist.
Rated 05 Sep 2019
57
60th
I don't get the hoolah. Chappelle's comedy is really tepid to the point even South Park is more risque. It's not like comedians don't tread the line constantly. But aside from that, meh? Some jokes landed with me but I found most of the comedy predictable and as rote as can be from Chappelle. While Chappelle's on screen presence is far from insufferable, I have a hard time laughing at the same tired racial jokes he's been making for years.
Rated 30 Aug 2019
61
54th
I love Chappelle, but what a drop.
Rated 31 Aug 2019
45
16th
chappelle için çok kolaya kaçan bir performans.
Rated 31 Aug 2019
50
14th
Breaking News: Standup comedian has edgy and controversial opinions. Shocking! /s
Rated 02 Sep 2019
80
75th
Gold.
Rated 02 Sep 2019
87
64th
looks like netflix is growing a pair
Rated 06 Sep 2019
55
18th
He says some funny stuff but mostly meh.
Rated 19 Sep 2019
30
50th
He just regurgitates the things every other "offensive" comedian has been saying for the past few years.
Rated 26 Sep 2019
75
36th
I get his points and his anger and I'm not offended at his material. I just felt like I should've just re-watched Eddie Murphy for the 80th time instead.
Rated 27 Sep 2019
55
45th
Chappelle does himself no favors churning these out so rapidly. he remains one of the greatest orators in stand-up history, if not the greatest, but that only goes so far when the material is clearly unfinished. the Michael Jackson material, for example, isn't particularly offense. it's just unrefined, and that's true of most of this set. the story about the Comedy Central censor is a highlight, though.
Rated 28 Sep 2019
81
82nd
go back and watch his early Conan appearances. go back and watch Chappelle Show. he's been doing these sort of jokes his entire career. he hasn't "changed" in the slightest - the idea that he has exists purely in the mind of others.
Rated 10 Dec 2019
75
89th
Great as usual.
Rated 09 Feb 2020
64
35th
An okay comedy special, but I've seen better
Rated 29 Sep 2020
60
62nd
The mindless whooping and hollering of the crowd irritates me, but I suppose most people, including the performer himself, aren't likely to support the idea that the comedian should perform in an empty room away from the morons. Unfortunately. Some funny stuff.
Rated 14 Oct 2021
6
70th
Pretty funny stand up set that dances admirably on the cultural/verbal edge of what you could get away with while remaining on Netflix
Rated 10 Jun 2021
80
55th
If there is something funnier than this special, it is reading PC people's whiny comments.
Rated 08 Aug 2021
40
11th
Chappelle is a great comedian and his return with four specials in 2017 was a success. However, "Sticks & Stones", the follow-up, feels like a fatigued rehash of the same topics from the same angle but without the same comedic quality - maybe he's opting for quantity instead. He spends too much time expressing his opinion on then-topical subjects and real-life stories as if we were watching a news show; in the meantime, the punchlines are not only rather weak but also few and far between.
Rated 10 Oct 2021
83
72nd
Definitely coming out guns blazing against cancel culture and the very concept of political correctness, this special will certainly push viewers to their limit of where they draw the line when it comes to comedy. I for one have a few issues with some of the material, but unlike many, I can separate my own beliefs and ideals from the nature of comedy, and ended up laughing more often than not. Dave truly is the GOAT.
Rated 22 May 2023
81
65th
A generally fine set, with a first half that works particularly well in serving as an honest, thoughtful (and hilarious) critique of the absurd implications and hypocrisy of “cancel culture” and cultural identities; loses steam and becomes a little unfocused in the second half, leading to a conclusion that ends on a whimper rather than a bang. It is tough to deny that Chappelle at his best is an incandescent and excoriating stage presence; well done and good fun overall.

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