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Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones

  • TV Special
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 5m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
29K
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Dave Chappelle in Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones (2019)
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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.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.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.

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    • Stan Lathan
  • Writer
    • Dave Chappelle
  • Star
    • Dave Chappelle
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    29K
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    • Director
      • Stan Lathan
    • Writer
      • Dave Chappelle
    • Star
      • Dave Chappelle
    • 468User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 4 wins & 5 nominations total

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    9deandsouza15892

    The Comedy you just dont hear no more

    As someone who constantly supports no barriers within comedy, I respect and admire Dave Chappelle for the work he's put into this stand-up special. In a time when everyone is apparently allowed to make their feelings well known, we've succumbed to an age when political correctness means more than the right to free speech. And the entertainment group that gets hit the worst, are comedians.

    Comedians are seeing a decline in their audience, because you can sense that they're afraid to be themselves in the material they present. While folks like Kevin Hart and Aziz Ansari are riding this out based on their established audience, Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle are pushing forward, doing their best to show how comedy is meant to be unrestrained.

    With no apparent fear, Chappelle takes on the topics of school shootings, feminism, homophobia and opiod addiction, by elaborating their funnier elements. They're jokes that you're bound to make when you're drunk within a safe space, but wouldn't dare say out loud in public environments. This is exactly what we're missing. If a collective group of people can ruin a comedians life based on tweets made 15 years ago, you're effectively killing their art form. Their art is expression, and someone telling them 'how' or 'what' to express, is counterproductive.

    I'd encourage everyone to give this a watch. Its extremely controversial, but you need to understand why that is relevant to humor; why hearing these bits are important for comedic progression. I hope this does well enough to bring back old-school stand-up.
    10harry-chapman2111

    Unapologetic, unafraid and God damn funny

    Dave Chapelle flys in the face to controversy, producing comedy so refreshing in the current climate of censorious Woke-ness.

    He tackles on the nose topics, making the audience undulate between gasps and roaring with laughter!

    He evokes the best of Lenny Bruce, unapologetic, unbowed appreciating that everything is a topic for humour or nothing is.

    Take a bow.
    9jerrybellevillepw

    A Breath of fresh air!

    This performance should be required viewing for Colleges!
    8Otte1

    No Apologies, about time

    About time stand-up did what is supposed to do...make us laugh, make us uncomfortable, make us think and make us laugh again. Dave did this and did it well.

    There are several instances of where Dave 'trapped' the audience by taking the joke one direction then twisting the punchline in a 180 turn which made those that was clapping realized how hypocritical they had been....and still got laughs.

    This is something everyone should see, but many will miss the point of the whole special and only concentrate on one joke that 'offended' them.

    Those that are tired of PC, want to laugh, want to learn...this is for you.
    10kiragu-42887

    Masterpiece

    Its been awhile since I saw someone navigate landmines with such mastery

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    • Trivia
      If you let the end credits run uninterrupted on Netflix, a secret, unsearchable Dave Chappelle special called Epilogue: The Punchline played automatically. Possibly in an act of defiance by Netflix engineers, this bonus content no longer plays. Undeterred, enterprising fans have preserved it on other popular platforms for your viewing pleasure.
    • Goofs
      Dave Chappelle incorrectly states that Kevin Hart was chosen to host the 80th Academy Awards. Hart was actually chosen to host the 91st Academy Awards.
    • Quotes

      Dave Chappelle: You never heard of Jussie Smollett? Jussie Smollet is an actor from France. And he became famous on a show called Empire. One night he was in Chicago late at night, he was the victim

      [cracks up]

      Dave Chappelle: He was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. You see, Jussie Smollett is gay and he is black, not just French. Oh it's a crazy story. Apparently when he was walking down the street late at night, two white men came out of the shadows with MAGA hats on and beat him up, tied a rope around his neck and called him all kinds of niggas, put some bleach on him and ran off into the night. The shit was like international news. And everybody on Hollywood, especially on Twitter. It was all over people's Instagram and Twitte feed: Justice for Jussie! and all this shit. The whole country was up in arms. Was talking about all the time on the news. And for some reason, we African-Americans, we're like oddly quiet. We were so quiet about the shit that the gay community started accusing the African-American community of being homophobic for not supporting him What they didn't understood was that we were supporting him... with our silence. Because we understood that this nigga was clearly lying!

    • Crazy credits
      Photos are shown of Dave Chappelle with various celebrities. The final two photos include his wife and children.
    • Connections
      Featured in Tucker Carlson Tonight: Episode dated 4 September 2019 (2019)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Kendrick Lamar and Mike Will Made It

      Performed by Kendrick Lamar

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    • Release date
      • August 26, 2019 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sticks & Stones
    • Filming locations
      • The Tabernacle - 152 Luckie St NW, Atlanta, Georgia, USA(venue)
    • Production companies
      • Pilot Boy Productions
      • Stan Lathan TV
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 5 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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