Ok Bob let's put aside the fact that there are such things as "professional critics".
You know, aside from the fact that the barrier of entry for criticism is "having a place to put your opinion".
Dave Chappelle's the Closer on RT.
Let's see, for me it says 43 percent rotten with 7 reviews on the critic side.
What's that really mean though?
That's 4 negative reviews out of a sample size of 7
This is compared to the 2,500+ score of 96 percent fresh from the audience.
That's not really a fail for Dave. Critics don't have the weight they think they do over the audience.
Money talks and opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one.
Ok but who are these people? Wait a minute...
Oh the one mad about transphobia claims to be a woman who wrote "The Transgender Manifesto"
Hosts something called ESTRADIOL ILLUSIONS.
Here's what they said about the last special.
This person has a track record of disliking Dave's work.
Five Netflix specials into his career resurgence, Dave Chappelle has a lot of problems with the way his jokes are being received in the #MeToo era. In the old days, comedians could punch down and tell tired jokes about the LGBTQ community, “alphabet people,” and nobody cared. Similarly, if you...
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Their entire review of Dave's special is centered around what he has to say about gays and other races.
It seems to be a pattern, since nearly each one of these reviews uses the "phobia" meme at least once.
This dude Kevin, a non-protected h'wite mayo man says that cancel culture isn't real, which of course must be true because Dave Chappelle, one of the biggest comedians of all time, who also happens to be black, a protected class these days, is still rich and free to make things.
So, TL;DR.The critics are at
most representative of .16 percent of the rotten tomatoes audience rating and writing reviews.
Now the question Bob, is why are these people put on a pedestal?
Because...who is watching this special? Who pays Netflix? Actual viewers, not politically motivated critics.
This is why Gamergate happened lol. It's also why the critics are still talking about it.
Dave can be cancelled by other people all they want, his core audience does not care at all.
Patrice O'Neal may he rest in peace breaks down why Dave isn't throwing his real audience under the bus just to please the LGBTQ whatever people.
Patrice O'Neal on White Dollars