Chappelle is a gifted man with a well-earned reputation for calling out BS. Yet in this instance, he has fallen for it.

| Jun 23, 2020

Dave Chappelle's 8:46 is one of his most profound and poignant specials ever, as the iconic comedian passionately tackles issues concerning racial disparity in America.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jun 18, 2020

This is theater at its most powerful.

| Jun 15, 2020

The monologue Chappelle delivers is remarkable, both as a performance and as a text in its own right.

| Jun 15, 2020

Even unrefined and exhausted - or perhaps because it is both of those things - Chappelle's perspective on being black in America is still searing, powerful, and worth hearing.

| Jun 15, 2020

Dave Chappelle was not funny during his first stage performance in 87 days, an impassioned, 27-minute set that spoke to the cultural reckoning triggered by the killing of George Floyd. But the comedian was in top form.

| Jun 15, 2020

Marks a powerful return for Chappelle to the very essence behind his usual brand of comedy.

| Jun 15, 2020

In its own eerie vacuum, 8:46, however one wants to define it, is a fascinating snapshot of the moment.

| Jun 15, 2020

Even Chappelle admits near the end: "This is not funny at all." But it needed to be said. And this could only be said by Chappelle.

| Jun 15, 2020

It's Chappelle's most poignant material in ages... [but] Chappelle in middle age still mirrors his audience. We're coming together, and fast nowadays; we still have a ways to go.

| Jun 15, 2020