"Comedy is saying mean things," is how Chappelle kicked off his latest special. It's a bummer that Chappelle now seems to think it ends there.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2020

If Equanimity is his definitive statement on 2017, his year-in-review comedy party, then Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation is the afterparty. The postscript. Like any great afterparty, it's an intimate affair.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2020

Does all this sound awfully heavy for a couple of comedy specials? You bet, and it just makes things more interesting. Chappelle is also just flat-out funny.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2020

Humor, church and storytelling have numbed the pain of oppression for generations of black people in America, and if you've spent time in one of those environments, you'll get it.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2020

Are these specials funny? Sure. Sometimes. Are they insightful? Sure. Sometimes. Did I enjoy watching them? No, I did not. And Dave Chappelle has made it very clear that not enjoying any portion of his work makes me a humorless wimp.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2020

He takes us to the depths of absurdity, walks hand in hand with his offensive nature, and speaks on the knowledge and wisdom we can see in it.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2020

They're good. Of course they're good. Despite all the public discourse, I don't think Chappelle's talent was ever in question. We know the dude can put together a solid special, and these two might be his best yet.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2020

Chappelle's latest specials are raw, hilarious, brave and peerless.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 9, 2018

Hell still hath no fury like an engaged Dave Chappelle. It's just when he's not so interested that things fall apart.

Full Review | Jan 4, 2018

[Chappelle] may be the most talented comedian working today, but insomuch as we judge comics by their specials, the muddiness of his point of view at any given time will continue to handicap them.

Full Review | Jan 3, 2018

With every sexist, homophobic, or transphobic joke, [Chappelle's] track record fades, as does the need to fight back the urge to dismiss him and throw the good out with the bad.

Full Review | Jan 3, 2018

Chappelle misses the chance to truly push himself. It's bold funny guy vs. the snowflakes, and Dave doubles down, daring anyone to get "offended" at him just being him.

Full Review | Jan 3, 2018

Taken as a full volume, his four specials offer some conflicting viewpoints, but these two feel like they offer more revelations about Chappelle.

Full Review | Jan 3, 2018

Reflecting on the downfall of Louis C.K., Dave Chappelle is puzzled in his superb new hour of stand-up comedy, The Bird Revelation.

Full Review | Jan 3, 2018

Equanimity is a defensive, occasionally hilarious hour.

Full Review | Jan 3, 2018

Netflix apparently gambled that Chappelle was so famous he could just walk onstage and ruminate, even if the sentiments seemed to be punching down for no good reason, even if the material was self-aggrandizing, poorly paced and inelegantly shaped.

Full Review | Jan 3, 2018