As Twitchy reported last week, Netflix released “Sticks and Stones,” the new comedy special by David Chappelle, and the usual suspects in the liberal press were not impressed. The New York Times noted that he hadn’t “adjusted his material” for Broadway and was still making jokes about transgender people.

VICE said to avoid it for not being sufficiently woke: “But now he chooses to blatantly ignore the historic criticism against his style of comedy and new loud-and-clear criticism from the trans community.” Paste Magazine called it “boring, hypocritical, and out of touch.” And blue-checked “fat girl on the web” Stephanie Yeboah actually narc’d on a Red Cross volunteer who criticized her “canceling” of Chappelle. Nice.

Brandon Morse of Twitchy sister-site RedState wrote a great piece on how Chappelle’s special had at one point a 0 percent fresh rating on the review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.

Dave Chappelle Gets the 0% Treatment on Rotten Tomatoes at the Hands of Salty Critics https://t.co/H8Nqz2FY2J — Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) September 3, 2019

Morse writes:

It’s no wonder either. When the crowd thought Chapelle was making fun of Trump, Chappelle was actually making fun of them. He also said some things about guns and abortion that the left truly didn’t appreciate. If you have the ability to do so, I recommend that you go see it for yourself. As I detail in a previous article, all the bad things you hear about it are things said by a leftist media that is aghast that someone would dare fall outside the approved boundaries they’ve set.

The critic score no longer stands at 0 percent, but check out the discrepancy between the audience and critic scores:

This is the best example I can give that liberals are WAY over-represented in who gets to have a public voice….. pic.twitter.com/RTGFq9khbL — EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) September 3, 2019

I've never even heard of Hannah Gadsby, and I already know just by looking at her how that show goes. — Eric Spencer (@JustEric) September 3, 2019

We can't leave important decisions like what's funny to mere peasants. — Ricky Dickburn (@rickydickburn) September 3, 2019

I can't believe Nanette got that high with audiences. Of course the only ones who watched were probably "woke". — WhatsInAName (@Whatz_InA_Name) September 3, 2019

Has a standup special ever had this kind of clear divide? pic.twitter.com/L061DkiUE7 — Chris Stuckmann (@Chris_Stuckmann) September 3, 2019

Literally everyone I know in real life regardless of politics thought it was hilarious. — HeyFella (@DustinTL) September 3, 2019

PC cultured critics. — omar mazin mohammed (@omarmazinmohamm) September 3, 2019

This reminds me of The Passion of the Christ, which a genuine masterpiece, but was rated "rotten" https://t.co/WlbtnsPrk7 — PoliMath (@politicalmath) September 3, 2019

❄️ Snowflakemeter 1000% — Sowzees (@Sowzees) September 3, 2019

Critics are affraid to give it even a fair review in fear of lunatic Twitter harassment. — Gaming In Frames (@GamingInFrames) September 3, 2019

The critics who liked it won’t review it, they have to keep their jobs you know. — ?????? ???? (@FaisalAleidah) September 3, 2019

I mean it only has 6 reviews, so it's hard comparison — The Nemo (@Nemo19089) September 3, 2019

I think folks are scared to talk about it — Chris Stuckmann (@Chris_Stuckmann) September 3, 2019

There are two types of people in this world Those who laughed at his special And Liars — jamie gidley (@jamiegidley123) September 3, 2019

I loved it — Jack Howard (@JackHoward) September 3, 2019

I watched it last night and thought it was not only funny, but also thought provoking. The epilogue was really excellent too — Lynne Pence (@lynnepence) September 3, 2019

I thought it was hilarious. — Richard Patrick (@richpatrick60) September 3, 2019

I wont be surprised if the critics left a negative review for the safety of keeping their jobs — DinoVelocir (@DVelocir) September 3, 2019

I thought it was amazing. Its incredible and daring and I loved it. — Yaqoub (@ThroneRoom_) September 3, 2019

SJW elites try to tear him down, but Chappelle is the champion of the people! — Destructive Chemistry (@DestructiveChem) September 3, 2019

The only positive critic review is Jeremy Jahns… Before him it was at 0%. The Social Justice Warrior crew is out in force to regulate Chappelle for daring to step off the plantation. — Hum-qua-ti-saa (@gauthierbrad) September 3, 2019

Jeremy Jahns was the only dude brave enough to give an honest criticism. I’m sorry you have to work among so many cowards with obvious leftist agendas. pic.twitter.com/2W2P14on1x — Splooge McCuck 2.0 (@TweetOfDrewPt2) September 3, 2019

Incredible. It was hilarious. Chappelle's a genius. — Mr. Jeremy Turner? (@MrJeremyTurner) September 3, 2019

Is there a greater example of how disconnected the media/Hollywood crowd is from the general public? — Justin Redalen (@Justinredalen) September 3, 2019

I'm realizing now, that this is out of 6 "professional" reviews and 110 user reviews. Gee. @RottenTomatoes certainly speaks for all of us don't they? — Caspar Black (@black_caspar) September 3, 2019

Professional reviewers scared to like it because of 2019 and reasons…. — Cristöf Taylor-Keogh (@SirChrisofKeogh) September 3, 2019

No

I'll stick with my original suggestion

They won't give it a positive review because they'll almost immediately be hounded on social media and forced to apologise. Then when they have apologised people will contact employers and insist they're fired for being phobic. — Cristöf Taylor-Keogh (@SirChrisofKeogh) September 3, 2019

He said a lot of things that needed to be said. — Greg (@gregashaw) September 3, 2019

And apparently the audience is skipping the warnings from VICE and Paste et al. anyway and really enjoying it.

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