Chappelle's Show

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Season 1
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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Critic Reviews

  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Sep 27, 2013
    90
    This show is genuinely ingenious, and hilariously outrageous - not to mention courageous. Plenty of people will find Chappelle's Show offensive - but then again, whenever you do something completely new, it's bound to offend somebody. In this case, it will offend a lot of somebodies. [22 Jan 2003, p.71]
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  2. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    Sep 27, 2013
    80
    A wild and funny thing. [22 Jan 2003]
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  3. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Terry Kelleher
    Jun 28, 2013
    75
    At its best, the show is outrageous and hilarious at once.
  5. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Steve Johnson
    Sep 27, 2013
    70
    If audiences get less misogyny and more of the clever, clear-eyed social observation he is capable of, they may come to understand why he has been forever on the brink of stardom. [22 Jan 2003, p.10]
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  6. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Phil Rosenthal
    Sep 27, 2013
    63
    There are funny sketches and ones that go down in flames in comedian Dave Chappelle's erratic new series, which is interesting due to the unexplored territories it tills and the way it dares to offend sensitive types. [22 Jan 2003, p.53]
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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. ForReals13
    May 9, 2022
    8
    Popcopy & Clayton Bigsby A-.
    Tyrone Biggums At School & Wrap It Up Box B+. Zapped & It's A Wonderful Chest B-.
    Reparations & NY Boobs B.    Popcopy & Clayton Bigsby A-.
    Tyrone Biggums At School & Wrap It Up Box B+. Zapped & It's A Wonderful Chest B-.
    Reparations & NY Boobs B.
    Great Moments In Hookup History & Ask A Black Dude B.
    Mad Real World & Ask A Gay Dude B+.
    Real Movies & Wu Tang Financial B.
    Tyrone Biggums's Intervention & Racist Hollywood Animals B.
    Blackzilla & Playa Haters' Ball B+.
    Piss On You & The World's Greatest Wars B+.
    Make A Wish & Fisticuff B-.
    O'Dweeds & Trading Spouses B.    … Full Review »
  2. brockcheese
    Mar 5, 2021
    7
    This show can be hit or miss at times but is usually very clever racial humor that occasionally devolves into juvenile sex and toilet humor.This show can be hit or miss at times but is usually very clever racial humor that occasionally devolves into juvenile sex and toilet humor. Dave Chappelle proves he has a unique voice in the comedy world here.… Full Review »
  3. drlowdon
    Feb 10, 2020
    7
    Dave Chappelle received plenty of criticism during the two seasons of his self-titled TV show but never held back from saying what he thought.Dave Chappelle received plenty of criticism during the two seasons of his self-titled TV show but never held back from saying what he thought. The show consists of a short stand-up segments from Chappelle that introduce sketches such as 'Ask a Black Dude' and 'Great Moments in Hook up History'.

    The sketches can be a little hit and miss and, being English, I didn't always understand the American cultural references but when he hits the mark Chappelle is painfully funny. For me the second season improved on this already funny show, it is just shame contract and creative disputes but an early end to season three and eventually the show.    … Full Review »
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