Comedian Dave Chappelle released his new Netflix comedy special Sticks & Stones on August 26th and many on Twitter are finding his new material either hilarious or extremely unsettling. To some, joking about suicide, abortion, molestation, the LGBTQ community, equal rights, and Michael Jackson proved to be too harsh. For others, they appreciated how no person, including Chappelle himself, is excluded from being made fun of.
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Most of the reactions followed Vice's extremely critical review of the special, where they claimed Chappelle 'doubled down on misogyny and transphobia.'
You can definitely skip Dave Chappelle's new Netflix special 'Sticks & Stones.' https://t.co/qyueiskA9I
— VICE (@VICE) August 26, 2019
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Dave Chapelle wants ALLLLL THE SMOKE! He offended EVERYONE within the 1st 30 minutes… it’s incredible… I’ve never seen anything like it #sticksandstonespic.twitter.com/KU6ptMWwfL
— Batmom85 (@batmom85) August 26, 2019
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Vice: skip the new Dave Chappelle standup
Me: pic.twitter.com/MCI7WxxjzW— Scranton Strangler (@yungkiefblock) August 27, 2019
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I have no issue with people feeling however they feel about Dave Chappelle’s jokes. What I do take issue with is acting like he can’t joke about certain topics because they’re off limits.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHY HE IS JOKING ABOUT THEM.— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) August 27, 2019
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Dave Chappelle used to be really insightful about how power works; he’s tossed that insight aside to maintain the illusion that he and his buddies can do no wrong. it’s not the end of the world, and it’s certainly not rare, but it’s a little pathetic
— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) August 27, 2019
People are calling for Dave Chappelle to be cancelled so I know that Netflix special is fire.
— Scorer (@tribecalledquis) August 27, 2019
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I decide to watch all the comedy specials and I noticed that the comedians fall in 2 categories. Way overpaid (nearly all), way underpaid (nearly none). Interestingly the comedian who may be the most underpaid is The Peerless One, Chappelle.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 27, 2019
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Thank God we have comedians like Dave Chappelle who aren’t afraid to speak the truth and come up with original takes on issues, like, uh [checks notes] “what if transgender but with another race???” pic.twitter.com/cNGDV1udqm
— Avery Edison (@aedison) August 26, 2019
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Me consuming up all this Homophobia, Transphobia, Misogyny, and Toxic Masculinity in that new Dave Chappelle stand up pic.twitter.com/PkL9lmJvOE
— mike⚜️ (@KilIMike) August 27, 2019
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The people that would cancel Dave Chappelle for telling the truth are not his demographic, he really wouldn’t care, he cancelled himself back in 06’ when Comedy Central tried him, you think he gives a damn what you think. pic.twitter.com/aGsno8nnyP
— Regina&Roger (@RogerStan123) August 27, 2019
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Dave Chappelle checking his mental notes making sure he had smoke for everybody in #sticksandstonespic.twitter.com/UNzkMz6jwX
— SSSSSMOKING HULK (@HzGuo616) August 26, 2019
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Taylor__Hosking</a> NOBODY gives a shit what you or anyone from <a href="https://twitter.com/VICE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">VICE thinks about Comedy. Literally Nobody pic.twitter.com/ev6ueiFBXZ— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) August 27, 2019
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Dave Chappelle's #sticksandstones special is a big fuck you to "Cancel Culture" and pic.twitter.com/6zzeMZFLnh
— Polo Maruwa (@elchaupo) August 26, 2019