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[LegendOfKage]

I believe this is the first live streaming event on Netflix.

 

[feynoob]

Everytime time I heard about chris rock, I remember this scene.

 

[AJUMP23]

Everytime time I heard about chris rock, I remember this scene.

I think everyone does now. Hasn’t even been a year.

 

[AlteredForms]

Chris Rock will never achieve the peak that he did in the 90s. Bigger and Blacker is his best work, though Bring The Pain is a close second.

 

[BeardGawd]

Watching now

 

[BeardGawd]

Shit's hilarious. He's still got it

 

[TransTrender]

Chris Rock handled that like an absolute fucking legend.

 

[ipukespiders]

Holy shit, he got Will Smith good.

 

[Jsisto]

I know…cameras and makeup and all, but he’s 58 and doesn’t look a day over 40. Chris Rock has aged better than just about anyone I can think of.

 

[Batiman]

I know…cameras and makeup and all, but he’s 58 and doesn’t look a day over 40. Chris Rock has aged better than just about anyone I can think of.

Holy fuck for real. Had no idea he was that old…. Damn

 

[BeardGawd]

Chris Rock handled that like an absolute fucking legend.

Like for real. I'm sure him and Jada are seething at home right now.

 

[TransTrender]

Like for real. I'm sure him and Jada are seething at home right now.

Jada reminds me of Ramsay Bolton

 

[nikos]

Enjoyed the show. I'm glad it was mostly an actual comedy show and didn't go too much in the direction of a lecture with humor sprinkled in.

I was sort of hoping he wouldn't mention Will at all. I think that would have been the ultimate FU. He said what he said well though.

 

[LegendOfKage]

That was great. Probably his best set, outside of his first two. I thought his "we have emergency rooms full of people with paper cuts" line was especially memorable.

 

[EviLore]

Pretty fire set. Shout out to Lola.

 

[HotSauceEnema]

Just finished it, that was hilarious and ends on a high note. Hopefully Will learned his lesson this time

 

[near]

Was waiting for him to address the Will Smith slap throughout the whole set, it wasn't until the end when he finally does. Worth it.

 

[belmarduk]

Netflix has really upped the bar on comedy these past few years. This was another great one.

 

[John Marston]

The man still has the Fire in him hell yeah.
That hour went by fast!

 

[Sleepwalker]

I dont care much for Chris Rock but damn he shat all over Will Smith and I'm here for it lmao

 

[AJUMP23]

I lost interest and turned it off.

 

[Celcius]

I didn't watch it but I read an article about it in Apple News and it seemed really funny.
"I loved Will Smith. All my life I loved him. He made some great movies. I have rooted for Will Smith my whole life. And now I watch Emancipation just to see him get whupped."

 

[anthony2690]

God damn, this is amazing.

 

[VN1X]

Man... the first 5 minutes were very tiring already. Does it get better from there or does he just repeat Dave Chappelle's material?

 

[JC 1080P CRT]

I know…cameras and makeup and all, but he’s 58 and doesn’t look a day over 40. Chris Rock has aged better than just about anyone I can think of.

Holy fuck for real. Had no idea he was that old…. Damn

For me the two things that make him look so much younger are the teeth and the hair, especially the former. I lament the loss of his trademark gap, but whoever did his dental work took years off that man's appearance.

 

[John_Ryder]

Everytime time I heard about chris rock, I remember this scene.

Even his mom is reminded of that when she hears his name.

 

[LegendOfKage]

Man... the first 5 minutes were very tiring already. Does it get better from there or does he just repeat Dave Chappelle's material?

Chris Rock got his start about six years before Chappelle, and his first comedy special was about six years before Dave's first comedy special. If anyone is "repeating material" it's Chappelle.

The good news is no one is repeating material. That's a pretty serious allegation to make of any comedian. I've watched both for years, and neither of them take jokes from anyone. I would say Chappelle is the better of the two, but Chris Rock is still one of the best stand-ups ever.

 

[VN1X]

Chris Rock got his start about six years before Chappelle, and his first comedy special was about six years before Dave's first comedy special. If anyone is "repeating material" it's Chappelle.

The good news is no one is repeating material. That's a pretty serious allegation to make of any comedian. I've watched both for years, and neither of them take jokes from anyone. I would say Chappelle is the better of the two, but Chris Rock is still one of the best stand-ups ever.

That's great and all but he's literally repeating the same shtick I heard from Chapelle's Netflix specials about woke culture.

Kind of over it tbh.

 

[John Marston]

When I think of Chris Rock I'm reminded of the stripper with a bullet wound on her ass and "Bitch paint my house!"
Also this

 

[LegendOfKage]

That's great and all but he's literally repeating the same shtick I heard from Chapelle's Netflix specials about woke culture.

Kind of over it tbh.

Covering the same topic isn't repeating material. And comedians are always going to criticize "holier than thou" in whatever forms it may take. This is why comedians have an issue with wokeness, and why before that it was political correctness and religion.

 

[Lasha]

The final ten minutes are a complete evisceration of Will Smith. Chris Rock getting paid 20 million dollars to drop the hammer on live television is a sight to behold. I enjoyed the rest of the show. Chris Rock paces it well enough that the dated or uneven parts don't drag too long.

 

[LegendOfKage]

The final ten minutes are a complete evisceration of Will Smith. Chris Rock getting paid 20 million dollars to drop the hammer on live television is a sight to behold. I enjoyed the rest of the show. Chris Rock paces it well enough that the dated or uneven parts don't drag too long.

And to think, it's all going to "pussy or pussy-adjacent purchases," as Rock himself explained last night.

 

[Xenon]

Funny but There was definitely some forcing of his schtick. Many jokes were delivered with the sledge hammer. Timing was pretty rough and he stayed on some jokes a bit too long. Still, he most definitely stuck the landing with the clap back to the Pinkett-Smiths.

 

[Fbh]

I know it was live but is there no archived version on Netflix?
Was looking for it now but it doesn't show up

 

[gaming_again]

I know it was live but is there no archived version on Netflix?
Was looking for it now but it doesn't show up

If it’s anything like Louis CK’s set up he’ll be making it available on demand at a future date.

 

[The Skull]

I know it was live but is there no archived version on Netflix?
Was looking for it now but it doesn't show up

It's on there for me https://www.netflix.com/title/80167499 Says live event ended but it can be watched.

 

[Fbh]

It's on there for me https://www.netflix.com/title/80167499 Says live event ended but it can be watched.

It's not letting me watch it.
But thx anyway.

 

[dan76]

The whole set was great. Loved it. Didn't think he was going to hit back so hard.

 

[Rush2112]

Honestly can't think of anyone that's more of a cuck than Will Smith. He already looks so bad nothing Chris Rock says going to be worse.

 

[John Bilbo]

It was good. I laughed.

 

[Thaedolus]

It was pretty alright, the Will Smith stuff was definitely the right high note to end on. I gotta admit I’m getting fatigued with seemingly every set having a woke and trans and abortion bit because they always feel derivative of each other…like some version of the “she is your daddy!” punchline has been done a hundred times, but still got a chuckle out of me… and the affordable racist yoga pants bit was funny. The planet of the apes bit got my wife laughing out loud too.

Definitely not peak Rock from 25 years ago but still solid.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Chris Rock will never achieve the peak that he did in the 90s. Bigger and Blacker is his best work, though Bring The Pain is a close second.

Tambourine was still the best comedy special of 2018, though. Chris has never fallen off. He's the hardest working comic in the biz, and he doesn't put material out until it's good and ready. I have seen him throw out entire 90 minute routines and start over just because he didn't think it was up to snuff.

Selective Outrage was good, you can feel what a tightrope it is to do comedy in 2023, audiences are polarized and hypersensitive. Chris walks that tightrope, but you can feel him wobbling a little bit. It also shows the difference between a live and a pre-taped special, where they do two shows for safety and pick the best ones, and nip and tuck stuff that didn't 100% land. I wonder if Chris will do a more edited version in the future, the way he did with Tamborine > Total Blackout.

But overall very funny. I saw him do this set live on his last tour so it was my second time watching most of these jokes, but the stuff about Will and Jada was mostly new and really funny, great closer.

 

[GymWolf]

God damn, this is amazing.

holy shit he straight up murdered that motherfucker

 

[EverydayBeast]

Love Chris rock but I’ll take Chris tucker (underrated) and Kevin hart over him. Chris rock is beautiful to watch.

 

[Azurro]

That's great and all but he's literally repeating the same shtick I heard from Chapelle's Netflix specials about woke culture.

Kind of over it tbh.

Woke culture is trying to destroy the comedy profession. It's to be expected that more than one is kinda peeved about it and might have something to say.

I'm not a fan of Chris Rock but that last bit about Will Smith, holy f*ck. He didn't hold back.

 

[VN1X]

Woke culture is trying to destroy the comedy profession. It's to be expected that more than one is kinda peeved about it and might have something to say.

Fair enough.

I guess my issue comes more from his delivery than anything else. It's quite tiring.

Maybe I'll just give the last bit a chance where he goes on about Will Smith.

 

[Azurro]

Fair enough.

I guess my issue comes more from his delivery than anything else. It's quite tiring.

Maybe I'll just give the last bit a chance where he goes on about Will Smith.

Yeah, I mean, I've never been a fan of his in movies and this is the first stand up I see, and he's ok, but didn't convince me to be a fan.

You should definitely hold out for the Will Smith part, that is brutal.

 

[gaming_again]

Fair enough.

I guess my issue comes more from his delivery than anything else. It's quite tiring.

Maybe I'll just give the last bit a chance where he goes on about Will Smith.

This clip pretty much changed my life:

 

[LegendOfKage]

This clip pretty much changed my life:

I love both, myself.

Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothin' to fuck with, not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[Brucey]

Oh man when the pro choice crowd thought he was on their side....boom! Forget trimesters, think semesters! Lol.