Comedian Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special, The Closer, has drawn praise from audiences and social media, while eliciting scorn from media reviewers and professional critics over its jokes about the LGBTQ and trans communities. Critics have even gone so far as to label the stand-up special “a betrayal” on Chappelle’s part.
But how far does this divide extend between what appears to be mass audience approval and universal critic disapproval? Rotten Tomatoes, the film critic aggregation site that averages reviews of visual media in film, television, and streaming, has become the latest tool to measure this.
