Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin
Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin
| 21 March 2017 (USA)
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Comedy icon Dave Chappelle makes his triumphant return to the screen with a pair of blistering, fresh stand-up specials. Filmed at The Palladium in Los Angeles, California, in March 2016.

Reviews
Evengyny Thanks for the memories!
Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
ShangLuda Admirable film.
Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.
rlicedrto Too weird for me. Lots of strange voices, movements and gestures. The jokes aren't that good and the audience laughing seems forced. It is also quite creepy sometimes. That might be intentional, but, it is not what I'm looking for in a comedy show. I give it 3, because, it is put together in quite an original way. I have seen worse, but, it's not good.
bob the moo I wasn't overly taken by the first of the new Netflix specials (well, first that I watched – they are not in an order). The Age of Spin is better in the most part. The routine has a good flow to it, and when he touches on subjects they tend to be more of interest and informed than many of the Heart of Texas jokes, which seemed to revolved around crudity too often. He does still get into rape, transgender issues, gender equality, and other sensitive subjects – and of course he does not go into them gently, but he mostly explores within them in a way that is interesting rather than directly offensive, and most importantly, is funny.You can see in the audience a lot of times where individuals went beyond what they were comfortable with, and I did too; however, this is why I liked it – he didn't just blurt out offensive things, but rather the material was a journey where he perhaps lost some people on the way, but at the same time it was still a fun journey. I continue to not see him as esteemed as others do, but he is a great showman, and this show was pretty strong. Repeating motifs, well- observed, engaging structure, and of course with Chappelle being a presence in the middle. Easily the better of the two recent specials.
OneEightNine Media The king is back, bit@$! So yeah. I just finished watching both specials back to back. There is one special that is good and another that is freaking epic as heck. This happens to be the freaking epic as heck one. I guess Dave had a little rust to shake off for the last special but whatever. This special proves way he is still the best in the game. And be warned, this special is EXTREMELY edgy and will upset more than a few people. As I noted in my review for his other special, Dave filmed them a few years ago and sat on them... and cashed them out for a huge paycheck. Fracking iconic.
Alice Johnston I'm a big fan of Dave Chappelle. Sunny D, Chip, Sprinkle Some Crack, Black Hostages, Sesame Street etc. all are amazing jokes and contributed to some of the funniest specials any comedian has ever done. Unfortunately, this show (episode one of a two-part Netflix special) was barely chuckle worthy. There were some jokes that had me laughing, but ultimately this seems like the Eddie Murphey Gay Bashing show of his career. The offensive jokes don't really land and rely on outdated stereotypes that plenty of other comedians (like Louis CK) have already tackled in a much funnier way. The anecdotes are interesting to listen to, but don't really have punch-lines.All in all it was just sort of "meh".